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Incension vs Intension - What's the difference?

incension | intension |

As nouns the difference between incension and intension

is that incension is the act of kindling, or the state of being kindled or on fire while intension is intensity or the act of becoming intense .

incension

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of kindling, or the state of being kindled or on fire.
    • (Francis Bacon)
    (Webster 1913)

    intension

    English

    (wikipedia 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

    Related terms

    * extension * comprehension

    References

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