Lighthearted vs Intense - What's the difference?
lighthearted | intense |
Joyful, glad, taking pleasure in being alive. Not depressed or sad.
Enjoyable lack of seriousness, not grave.
Strained; tightly drawn.
Strict, very close or earnest.
Extreme in degree; excessive.
Extreme in size or strength.
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, title= Stressful and tiring.
Very severe.
As adjectives the difference between lighthearted and intense
is that lighthearted is joyful, glad, taking pleasure in being alive. Not depressed or sad while intense is strained; tightly drawn.lighthearted
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(en adjective)- The lighthearted young lovers ran over the hills.
- His lighthearted banjo was appreciated because it relieved the tension in tight situations.
intense
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(en-adj)High and wet, passage=Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale. The early, intense onset of the monsoon on June 14th swelled rivers, washing away roads, bridges, hotels and even whole villages.}}