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Words are a representation of the object or thing you are symbolizing.

It's like saying a painting of a cat is a living feline. A painting is a stretched canvas with oils brushed onto its surface. Paintings do not purr and barf on your carpets.

Therefore, a painting of a cat is symbolic of a feline, just like the way language (a collection of words) is symbolic of the thing or object you are describing.

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