There are also formalized languages, and computer languages, which are analogous to a rule-driven game like chess. On a practical level, the gains in precision from a formal language are offset by losses in descriptive power. Note that even formal languages correspond to behavior. You cannot really separate symbolic logic from the logicians scratching symbols on pieces of paper. The important thing is to look to how language is used in practice, and the context it is used in.
Time is a word.
Time is a name we give to a symbol we make in our mathematical equations. The time is a number we read from a clock. Bob and I want to meet. By convention we wear watches and read them in the same way. Bob does the same thing, and we hold our meeting.