Intimate vs. Infinite

Intimate vs. Infinite — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Intimate and Infinite

Intimateadjective

Closely acquainted; familiar.

an intimate friendHe and his sister deeply valued their intimate relationship as they didn't have much else to live for.

Infiniteadjective

Indefinably large, countlessly great; immense.

Intimateadjective

Of or involved in a sexual relationship.

She enjoyed some intimate time alone with her husband.

Infiniteadjective

Boundless, endless, without end or limits; innumerable.

Intimateadjective

Personal; private.

an intimate setting

Infiniteadjective

With plural noun: infinitely many.

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Intimateadjective

Pertaining to details that require great familiarity to know.

Infiniteadjective

(mathematics) Greater than any positive quantity or magnitude; limitless.

Intimatenoun

A very close friend.

Only a couple of intimates had ever read his writing.

Infiniteadjective

Having infinitely many elements.

Intimatenoun

(in plural intimates) Women's underwear, sleepwear, or lingerie, especially offered for sale in a store.

You'll find bras and panties in the women's intimates section upstairs.

Infiniteadjective

(grammar) Not limited by person or number.

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Intimateverb

(ambitransitive) To suggest or disclose (something) discreetly.

He intimated that we should leave before the argument escalated.

Infiniteadjective

(music) Capable of endless repetition; said of certain forms of the canon, also called perpetual fugues, constructed so that their ends lead to their beginnings.

Intimatenoun

someone to whom private matters are confided

Infinitenumeral

Infinitely many.

Intimateverb

give to understand;

I insinuated that I did not like his wife

Infinitenoun

Something that is infinite in nature.

Intimateverb

imply as a possibility;

The evidence suggests a need for more clarification

Infiniteadjective

having no limits or boundaries in time or space or extent or magnitude;

the infinite ingenuity of maninfinite wealth

Intimateadjective

marked by close aquaintance, association, or familiarity;

intimate friendintimate relations between economics, politics, and legal principles

Infiniteadjective

of verbs; having neither person nor number nor mood (as a participle or gerund or infinitive);

infinite verb form

Intimateadjective

having or fostering a warm or friendly atmosphere; especially through smallness and informality;

had a cozy chata relaxed informal manneran intimate cocktail loungethe small room was cozy and intimate

Infiniteadjective

too numerous to be counted;

incalculable richescountless hoursan infinite number of reasonsinnumerable difficultiesthe multitudinous seasmyriad starsuntold thousands

Intimateadjective

having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship;

on familiar termspretending she is on an intimate footing with those she slanders

Infiniteadjective

total and all-embracing;

God's infinite wisdom

Intimateadjective

involved in a sexual relationship;

the intimate (or sexual) relations between husband and wifeshe had been intimate with many men

Intimateadjective

innermost or essential;

the inner logic of Cubismthe internal contradictions of the theorythe intimate structure of matter

Intimateadjective

thoroughly acquainted with through study or experience;

this girl, so intimate with natureknowledgeaIble about the technique of painting