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Intensification vs Acceleration - What's the difference?

intensification | acceleration |

As nouns the difference between intensification and acceleration

is that intensification is the act or process of intensifying, or of making more intense while acceleration is the act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated; increase of motion or action; as opposed to retardation or deceleration.

intensification

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act or process of intensifying, or of making more intense.

    • acceleration

    English

    Alternative forms

    * *

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated; increase of motion or action; as opposed to retardation or deceleration.
    • a falling body moves toward the earth with an acceleration of velocity
  • (countable) The amount by which a speed or velocity increases (and so a scalar quantity or a vector quantity).
    • The boosters produce an acceleration of 20 metres per second per second.
  • * (rfdate)
    • A period of social improvement, or of intellectual advancement, contains within itself a principle of acceleration
  • (physics) The change of velocity with respect to time (can include deceleration or changing direction).
  • The advancement of students at a rate that places them ahead of where they would be in the regular school curriculum.

    • Usage notes

    Acceleration in SI units is measured in metres per second per second (m/s2), or in imperial units in feet per second per second (ft/s2).

    Antonyms

    * deceleration, retardation

    See also

    * displacement * velocity * jerk

    References

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