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Intense vs Overspread - What's the difference?

intense | overspread |

As an adjective intense

is strained; tightly drawn.

As a verb overspread is

to spread over or across (something); to permeate, overrun.

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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    overspread

    English

    Verb

  • To spread over or across (something); to permeate, overrun.
  • * Drayton
    • those nations of the North which overspread the world
  • * 1913 , DH Lawrence, Sons and Lovers , Penguin 2006, p. 289:
    • Deliberately, and with a peculiar quivering smile, that seemed to overspread her whole body, she put her mouth on his.