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Intension vs Headland - What's the difference?

intension | headland |

As nouns the difference between intension and headland

is that intension is intensity or the act of becoming intense while headland is a bit of coastal land that juts into the sea; cape.

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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    headland

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A bit of coastal land that juts into the sea; cape.
  • The unplowed boundary of a field.

    • Synonyms

    * (coastal land that juts into the sea) peninsula

    See also

    * abuttal * portolan