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Condensed vs Dense - What's the difference?

condensed | dense |

As adjectives the difference between condensed and dense

is that condensed is the state of having been condensed; highly concentrated while dense is having relatively high density.

As a verb condensed

is past tense of condense.

condensed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (condense)

    • Adjective

    (head)
  • The state of having been condensed; highly concentrated.

    • Synonyms

    * compact, compressed, concentrated

    dense

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Having relatively high density.
  • Compact; crowded together.
  • Thick; difficult to penetrate.
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  • Opaque; allowing little light to pass through.
  • Obscure, or difficult to understand.
  • (mathematics, topology) Being a subset of a topological space that approximates the space well. See Wikipedia article on (dense set)s for mathematical definition.
  • Of a person, slow to comprehend; of low intelligence.

    • Synonyms

    * (having relatively high density) solid * (crowded together) compact, crowded, packed * (difficult to penetrate) thick, solid * (allowing little light to pass through) cloudy, opaque * (difficult to understand) abstruse, difficult, hard, incomprehensible, obscure, tough * (slow to comprehend) dumb, slow, stupid, thick

    Antonyms

    * (having relatively high density) * (crowded together) diffuse, few and far between (of things as opposed to one thing), scattered, sparse, rarefied * (difficult to penetrate) thin * (allowing little light to pass through) clear, diaphanous, see-through, translucent, transparent * (difficult to understand) clear, comprehensible, easy, simple, straightforward, understandable * (in mathematics) meager * (slow to comprehend) bright, canny, intelligent, quick, quick-witted, smart

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