Question: Is there a term that describes the act of giving tangible qualities to an intangible noun?

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> I **stumbled over** a metaphor
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> I felt sadness **condense** on my skin
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The first one might just be "figure of speech", but perhaps there is a more specific name.

Answer: 
reification: essentially making something intangible (or abstract), tangible

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> [Cambridge](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/reify?q=Reify)  
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> Reify:  
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> to make something more real or consider it as real:
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The word embodiment works well in this case.