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“Intense” or “Intents”

intense / intents are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term.

Definitions

What each term means

Same sound, different spellings and meanings, shown with a pronunciation guide for each term.

intense ih·n·t·EH·n·s

  • adjectivepossessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree.
  • adjective(of color) having the highest saturation.

intents ih·n·t·EH·n·t·s

  • nounthe intended meaning of a communication.
Usage

Examples in context

Real sentences for each spelling. Hover an example to copy it.

“intense”

  • Viennese that their rivalry was intense, with the press at that
  • that produces brilliant light and intense heat without explosion, used for
  • and became a focus of intense economic expansion soon after the
  • Under optimum conditions, the most intense thunderstorms can be seen at
  • Cold air outbreak, an intense and/or prolonged cold weather wave
  • Due to this more intense time commitment, music majors often
  • controversy on its release was intense, including accusations of child pornography
  • research has led to an intense reawakening of interest in psychoanalysis
  • "reveal[s] an even more authentic, intense layer" of Allan's personality.
  • Waters and Howlin' Wolf was intense.

“intents”

  • explained, that the book primarily intents to give the interested layman
  • by 1997, and for all intents and purposes the Toronto rebroadcaster
  • intelligence communities concerning Communist China's intents in constructing the all-weather highway.
  • see if they hold malicious intents and can also project an
  • would have been to all intents and purposes a full score,
  • place, so that for all intents and purposes his name had
  • For all intents and purposes, CJNT thus became

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