Tone, Tonewoods, and Words--a Semantic Impasse?

Recently found this in a print source:

"Sitka spruce produces clear highs; Englemann spruce is more brilliant
in tone, but still produces a balanced instrument and can be built to
produce more depth in the bass register; European spruce tends to
produce more intense highs with less bass"

Isn't this s like saying they are all more or less about the same?  I
always thought clear highs, brilliant highs, and intense highs were
pretty much all describing the same thing.

Best wishes,

Dr. Jim Lowtherrt of