Intense vs. Intensive
Difference Between Intense and Intensive
Intenseadjective
Strained; tightly drawn.
Intensiveadjective
Thorough; to a great degree; with intensity.
Intenseadjective
Strict, very close or earnest.
intense study;intense thoughtIntensiveadjective
Demanding; requiring a great amount of work etc.
This job is difficult because it is so labour-intensive.Intenseadjective
Extreme in degree; excessive.
Intensiveadjective
Highly concentrated.
I took a three-day intensive course in finance.Intenseadjective
Extreme in size or strength.
Intensiveadjective
(obsolete) Stretched; allowing intension, or increase of degree; that can be intensified.
Intenseadjective
Stressful and tiring.
Intensiveadjective
Characterized by persistence; intent; assiduous.
Intenseadjective
Very severe.
Intensiveadjective
(grammar) Serving to give force or emphasis.
an intensive verb or prepositionIntenseadjective
Very emotional or passionate.
The artist was a small, intense man with piercing blue eyes.Intensiveadjective
(medicine) Related to the need to manage life-threatening conditions by means of sophisticated life support and monitoring.
She was moved to the intensive-care unit of the hospital.Intenseadjective
in an extreme degree;
intense heatintense anxietyintense desireintense emotionthe skunk's intense acrid odorintense painenemy fire was intenseIntensivenoun
(linguistics) Form of a word with a stronger or more forceful sense than the root on which the intensive is built.
Intenseadjective
extremely sharp or intense;
acute painfelt acute annoyanceintense itching and burningIntensivenoun
a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies;
`up' in `finished up' is an intensifier`honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifierIntenseadjective
(of color) having the highest saturation;
vivid greenintense blueIntensiveadjective
characterized by a high degree or intensity; often used as a combining form;
the questioning was intensiveintensive careresearch-intensivea labor-intensive industryIntensiveadjective
tending to give force or emphasis;
an intensive adverbIntensiveadjective
of agriculture; intended to increase productivity of a fixed area by expending more capital and labor;
intensive agricultureintensive conditions
