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Tightening vs Intensify - What's the difference?

tightening | intensify |

As verbs the difference between tightening and intensify

is that tightening is while intensify is to render more intense; as, to intensify heat or cold; to intensify colors; to intensify a photographic negative; to intensify animosity.

As a noun tightening

is the act or process of making more tight.

tightening

English

Verb

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    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or process of making more tight.
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    intensify

    English

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To render more intense; as, to intensify heat or cold; to intensify colors; to intensify a photographic negative; to intensify animosity.
  • To become intense, or more intense; to act with increasing power or energy.