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Intension vs Beschrijving - What's the difference?

intension | beschrijving |

As nouns the difference between intension and beschrijving

is that intension is intensity or the act of becoming intense while beschrijving is description.

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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    beschrijving

    Not English

    Beschrijving has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

    English words similar to 'beschrijving':

    bookcrossing, backcrossing, backreacting