Emphasize vs Intense - What's the difference?
emphasize | intense |
To stress, give emphasis or extra weight to (something).
Strained; tightly drawn.
Strict, very close or earnest.
Extreme in degree; excessive.
Extreme in size or strength.
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Very severe.
As a verb emphasize
is to stress, give emphasis or extra weight to (something).As an adjective intense is
strained; tightly drawn.emphasize
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Alternative forms
* emphasiseVerb
(emphasiz)- His two-fingered gesture emphasized what he had told his boss to do with his job.
Synonyms
* betone * stress * underscoreAntonyms
* de-emphasize * downplayDerived terms
* reemphasize * overemphasize * underemphasizeintense
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Adjective
(en-adj)High and wet, passage=Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale. The early, intense onset of the monsoon on June 14th swelled rivers, washing away roads, bridges, hotels and even whole villages.}}