Intense vs. Intensive

Intense vs. Intensive — Is There a Difference?
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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 thought

Intensiveadjective

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.
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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 preposition
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Intenseadjective

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 intense

Intensivenoun

(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 burning

Intensivenoun

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 intensifier

Intenseadjective

(of color) having the highest saturation;

vivid greenintense blue

Intensiveadjective

characterized by a high degree or intensity; often used as a combining form;

the questioning was intensiveintensive careresearch-intensivea labor-intensive industry

Intensiveadjective

tending to give force or emphasis;

an intensive adverb

Intensiveadjective

of agriculture; intended to increase productivity of a fixed area by expending more capital and labor;

intensive agricultureintensive conditions