WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN INTENSE AND INTENSIVE?
The best way to illustrate the difference between the words is to say that emotions are intense, while an action that is sustained (such as attention or an application) is intensive. Intense details a quality or condition (the cold was intense), but intensive implies that the degree or force is very high or strenuous ( he received intensive training in medication). Intense came from Latin words “intensus” and “intendere” meaning Stretched and strained’. Intensive came into English later, but evolved from the same Latin root. When words share roots, their meanings may not diverge enough for English speakers to easily discern the difference.
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