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Intense vs International - What's the difference?

intense | international |

As an adjective intense

is strained; tightly drawn.

As a proper noun international is

international airport, as the shortened form of an airport name.

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.
  • Anagrams

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    international

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or having to do with more than one nation.
  • Between or among nations; pertaining to the intercourse of nations; participated in by two or more nations; common to, or affecting, two or more nations.
  • Of or concerning the association called the International.
  • Independent of national boundaries; common to all people.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=(Joseph Stiglitz)
  • , volume=188, issue=26, page=19, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Globalisation is about taxes too , passage=It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime. It is a tax system that is pivotal in creating the increasing inequality that marks most advanced countries today – with America standing out in the forefront and the UK not far behind.}}
  • Foreign; of another nation.
  • See also

    * supranational

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (sports) Someone who has represented their country in a particularly sport.
  • The United team includes five England internationals .
  • (sports) A game or contest between two or more nations.
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