Loud vs Intense - What's the difference?
loud | intense |
(of a sound) Of great intensity.
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Noisy.
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Not subtle or reserved, brash.
Having unpleasantly and tastelessly contrasting colours or patterns; gaudy.
Strained; tightly drawn.
Strict, very close or earnest.
Extreme in degree; excessive.
Extreme in size or strength.
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Very severe.
As a proper noun loud
is .As an adjective intense is
strained; tightly drawn.loud
English
Alternative forms
* lowd (obsolete)Adjective
(er)- She is loud and stubborn.
Synonyms
* garish, gaudyAntonyms
* (sound) quiet, soft * (person) quietDerived terms
* aloud * loudhailer * loudly * loudmouth * loudness * loudspeakerAnagrams
* *intense
English
Adjective
(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.}}