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There is certain language that is technical to specific things.

A writer wants to borrow language from other worlds to add spice to their writing, so perhaps they borrow a musical term because they think it will describe an action with a special flair. He basically knows that the word Crescendo is a word that somehow relates to intensity, although he's not exactly sure of the nuance of it, but it has a really musical sound, and will add some nice flavor to his sentence. So he writes about something "rising to a crescendo" and every person who ever had band as a kid, or took piano lessons, etc. CRINGES.

It's not just about shifting language, it's about writers not offending their readers with imprecise, poorly chosen words. A writer should strive to choose the absolute correct word, with the exact nuance, and using Crescendo in place of Climax is an egregious example of a poor, imprecise choice that compromised the narrative, and worse, makes the reader question the writer's competency.

Truman Capote once sat at a bar with another writer, who said "I've spent all day working on one page," and Capote said "I spent all day working on one word."

That's because he wanted to choose the exact word, with the precise nuance, to tell his story. I believe that Capote would agree with me about Crescendo.