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Intense vs Blazing - What's the difference?

intense | blazing |

As adjectives the difference between intense and blazing

is that intense is strained; tightly drawn while blazing is very fast.

As a verb blazing is

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As a noun blazing is

the act of something that blazes or burns.

intense

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Strained; tightly drawn.
  • Strict, very close or earnest.
  • Extreme in degree; excessive.
  • Extreme in size or strength.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=28, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= 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.}}
  • Stressful and tiring.
  • Very severe.

    • Related terms

    * intensely * intenseness * intensification * intensify * intensity * intensive

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    blazing

    English

    Verb

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    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Very fast.
  • (sarcastically) Very slow.
    • Garden snails move at a blazing speed of about .03 miles per hour.
  • (slang, of a person) Sexually attractive.
    • The actress, with her perfectly-curved body, was simply blazing in her new movie!
  • Of tremendous intensity or fervor; white-hot.
    • It was a performance of blazing ferocity.
  • (colloquial) Exceedingly angry.
    • I've became so blazing that I can't control myself properly

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of something that blazes or burns.
    • the blazings of many fires