Analyzing a concept is equivalent to defining the word for it.

Evidence

Much of the literature on concepts takes what I call a semantic approach (Sartori 1970, 1984; Gerring 1997). Sartori typifies this way of thinking about concepts. For example, the first half of his essay (1984) deals with a semantic analysis of words such as “state” or “état.” From a more philosophical perspective, concepts are related to definitions; in fact there is no real difference between defining a word and providing an analysis of a concept (Robinson 1950). To ask questions like “what do you mean by democracy?” is to invite the interlocutor to provide a definition. The answer does not really differ from the response to the question “what is your concept of democracy?” — Gary Goertz, Social Science Concepts, 71

Categorization

• DEFINE: The ‘semantic approach’ to concepts: Sartori and Gerring exemplify it, and Robinson (1950) grounds the claim that defining a word just is analyzing a concept.
• XREF: Connects to the descriptive-versus-taboo framing elsewhere, where naming and taboos were treated as analytically separable — here word-meaning and concept are held to be the same thing.