Vast vs Intense - What's the difference?
vast | intense |
Very large or wide (literally or figuratively).
Very great in size, amount, degree, intensity, or especially extent.
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(obsolete) Waste; desert; desolate; lonely.
* William Shakespeare, the Life and Death of Richard the Third Act I, scene IV:
(poetic) A vast space.
* 1608': they have seemed to be together, though absent, shook hands, as over a '''vast , and embraced, as it were, from the ends of opposed winds. — William Shakespeare, ''The Winter's Tale , I.i
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 vast and intense
is that vast is very large or wide (literally or figuratively) while intense is strained; tightly drawn.As a noun vast
is a vast space.As an acronym VAST
is visual audio sensory theater.vast
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- The Sahara desert is vast .
- There is a vast difference between them.
citation, passage=Last spring, the periodical cicadas emerged across eastern North America. Their vast numbers and short above-ground life spans inspired awe and irritation in humans—and made for good meals for birds and small mammals.}}
- the empty, vast , and wandering air
Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* vastly * vastness * ultravastStatistics
*Anagrams
* * ----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.}}