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Characterization vs Intension - What's the difference?

characterization | intension |

As nouns the difference between characterization and intension

is that characterization is the act or process of characterizing while intension is intensity or the act of becoming intense .

characterization

Alternative forms

* characterisation (Commonwealth)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act or process of characterizing.
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  • intension

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • intensity or the act of becoming intense .
  • * Francis Bacon
  • Sounds likewise do rise and fall with the intension or remission of the wind.
  • (logic, semantics) Any property or quality connoted by a word, phrase or other symbol, contrasted to actual instances in the real world to which the term applies.
  • * Sir W. Hamilton
  • This law is, that the intension of our knowledge is in the inverse ratio of its extension.
  • (dated) A straining, stretching, or bending; the state of being strained.
  • the intension of a musical string

    Usage notes

    Not to be confused with intention.

    Derived terms

    * intensional

    References

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