Intensive vs Focus - What's the difference?
intensive | focus |
Thorough, to a great degree, with intensity.
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Demanding, requiring a great amount.
Highly concentrated.
(obsolete) Stretched; allowing intension, or increase of degree; that can be intensified.
Characterized by persistence; intent; assiduous.
(grammar) Serving to give force or emphasis.
(linguistics) Form of a word with a stronger or more forceful sense than the root on which the intensive is built.
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(countable, optics) A point at which reflected or refracted rays of light converge.
(countable, geometry) A point of a conic at which rays reflected from a curve or surface converge.
(uncountable, photography, cinematography) The fact of the convergence of light on the photographic medium.
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, magazine=(American Scientist), title= (uncountable, photography, cinematography) The quality of the convergence of light on the photographic medium.
(uncountable) Concentration of attention.
(countable, seismology) The exact point of where an earthquake occurs, in three dimensions.
(computing, graphical user interface) The indicator of the currently active element in a user interface.
(linguistics) The most important word or phrase in a sentence or passage, or the one that imparts information.
To cause (rays of light, etc) to converge at a single point.
To adjust (a lens, an optical instrument) in order to position an image with respect to the focal plane.
To concentrate one's attention.
To concentrate one’s attention.
In linguistics|lang=en terms the difference between intensive and focus
is that intensive is (linguistics) form of a word with a stronger or more forceful sense than the root on which the intensive is built while focus is (linguistics) the most important word or phrase in a sentence or passage, or the one that imparts information.As nouns the difference between intensive and focus
is that intensive is (linguistics) form of a word with a stronger or more forceful sense than the root on which the intensive is built while focus is (countable|optics) a point at which reflected or refracted rays of light converge.As an adjective intensive
is thorough, to a great degree, with intensity.As a verb focus is
to cause (rays of light, etc) to converge at a single point.intensive
English
(wikipedia intensive)Adjective
(en adjective)- She was moved to the intensive care unit of the hospital.
- Secondly, I continue to base my concepts on intensive study of a limited suite of collections, rather than superficial study of every packet that comes to hand.
- This job is difficult because it is so labour-intensive .
- I took a three-day intensive course in finance.
- an intensive verb or preposition
See also
* extensiveNoun
(en noun)focus
English
(wikipedia focus)Noun
Catherine Clabby
Focus on Everything, passage=Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus'.
Verb
- You'll need to focus the microscope carefully in order to capture the full detail of this surface.
- Focus on passing the test.
- If you're going to beat your competitors, you need to focus .