What is the difference between intension and explicit?
intension | explicit |
intensity or the act of becoming intense .
* Francis Bacon
(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
(dated) A straining, stretching, or bending; the state of being strained.
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Very specific, clear, or detailed.
(euphemism) Containing material (e.g. language or film footage) that might be deemed offensive or graphic.
(obsolete)
As a noun intension
is intensity or the act of becoming intense .As a adjective explicit is
very specific, clear, or detailed.intension
English
(wikipedia intension)Noun
(en noun)- Sounds likewise do rise and fall with the intension or remission of the wind.
- This law is, that the intension of our knowledge is in the inverse ratio of its extension.
- the intension of a musical string
Usage notes
Not to be confused with intention.Derived terms
* intensionalReferences
explicit
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- I gave explicit instructions for him to stay here, but he followed me, anyway.
- The film had several scenes including explicit language and sex.