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Tenseness vs Intensity - What's the difference?

tenseness | intensity |

As nouns the difference between tenseness and intensity

is that tenseness is the characteristic of being tense while intensity is the quality of being intense.

tenseness

English

Noun

(wikipedia tenseness) (es)
  • The characteristic of being tense.
  • (phonetics) A particular vowel or consonant quality that is phonemically contrastive in many languages, including English.

    • intensity

    English

    Noun

    (intensities)
  • the quality of being intense
  • the degree of strength
  • (physics) time-averaged energy flux (the ratio of average power to the area through which the power "flows"); irradiance
  • (optics) can mean any of radiant intensity, luminous intensity or irradiance
  • (astronomy) syn. radiance
  • (geology) The severity of an earthquake in terms of its effects on the earth's surface, and buildings. The value depends on the distance from the epicentre, and is not to be confused with the magnitude.