Each Word in a sentence is like a piece of a puzzle and must match the other pieces in order to fit correctly.
I have noticed lately that the radiator of my car is losing fluids too rapidly. If I say to my mechanic, "My radiator appears to be drooling," the intent of the communication my be lost in the ridicule.
What's wrong with the word "drooling" here. It means to loose fluids doesn't it?
Yes but, each Symbol in a sentence is like a piece of a puzzle and must match the other pieces in order to fit correctly.
Whereas the pieces of a puzzle have distinctive shapes, each word has a set of distinctive features which much be matched.
The distinctive features of words includes, for example, such notions as to whether (+) or not (-) the word relates to animate objects.