But the average person does say that things "make sound", which means that the average person does not subscribe to your definition of sound, making it useless as language is driven by the will of people.
For simplicity's sake, we all like to pretend perception and language equal reality. Sadly that's not the case, so things can get complicated, but it's all we have to go on.
We are arguing about language and language alone, because the differences between using the word "vibrations" or the word "sound" is purely linguistic. You're the one mistaking reality for language, not the other way around.
Just because the average person may not think about the distinction between objective and subjective, or vibration and sound, does not mean that it is not a valid distinction to make.
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