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Intension vs Intensification - What's the difference?

intension | intensification |

As nouns the difference between intension and intensification

is that intension is intensity or the act of becoming intense while intensification is the act or process of intensifying, or of making more intense.

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

    References

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    intensification

    English

    Noun

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