Monday, February 20, 2012

intense/intensive: Entry for Monday, February 20, 2012

intense/intensive
If you are putting forth an intense effort, your work is “intense”: “My intense study of Plato convinced me that I would make a good leader.” But when the intensity stems not so much from your effort as it does from outside forces, the usual word is “intensive”: “The village endured intensive bombing.”

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