Understanding. I say chair, you say chair, we understand each other well enough.
But, I say chair and in my mind I am imagining, say an Eames Chair, shaped plywood with leather and footstool, and you, you are thinking of something different - an ornate wing-backed chair, or a vinyl covered chair tucked up to an Arborite table, well, then - we are not so close.
I could describe in greater and greater detail - the Eames Chair, perhaps you don't know the brand, and so I will tell you about it's curves, lines, place in contemporary-modern furniture, but this - perhaps - is going a little far. Even the color - unless it were important - is going a little far. How much embellishment does a chair need? What does it matter? It's a chair.
You see the possibilities for misunderstanding. For confusion. You and I - we could read exactly the same story or novel and understand it in completely different ways.
The chair - it's not important. But some of these things, well, maybe they are that important. If I talk about Love what will you be understanding?
We will see.