Extensive vs. Intensive
Extensiveadjective
having a great extent; covering a large area; vast
Extensiveadjective
(figurative) considerable in amount.
Extensiveadjective
Serving to extend or lengthen; characterized by extension
Extensiveadjective
(physics) Having a combined system entropy that equals the sum of the entropies of the independent systems.
Extensiveadjective
Having wide extent; of much superficial extent; expanded; large; broad; wide; comprehensive; as, an extensive farm; an extensive lake; an extensive sphere of operations; extensive benevolence; extensive greatness.
Extensiveadjective
Capable of being extended.
Extensiveadjective
large in spatial extent or range;
Extensiveadjective
having broad range or effect;
Extensiveadjective
large in number or quantity (especially of discourse);
Extensiveadjective
great in range or scope;
Extensiveadjective
of agriculture; increasing productivity by using large areas with minimal outlay and labor;
Intensiveadjective
Thorough; to a great degree; with intensity.
Intensiveadjective
Demanding; requiring a great amount of work etc.
Intensiveadjective
Highly concentrated.
Intensiveadjective
(obsolete) Stretched; allowing intension, or increase of degree; that can be intensified.
Intensiveadjective
Characterized by persistence; intent; assiduous.
Intensiveadjective
(grammar) Serving to give force or emphasis.
Intensiveadjective
(medicine) Related to the need to manage life-threatening conditions by means of sophisticated life support and monitoring.
Intensivenoun
(linguistics) Form of a word with a stronger or more forceful sense than the root on which the intensive is built.
Intensiveadjective
Stretched; admitting of intension, or increase of degree; that can be intensified.
Intensiveadjective
Characterized by persistence; intent; unremitted; assiduous; intense.
Intensiveadjective
Serving to give force or emphasis; as, an intensive verb or preposition.
Intensiveadjective
Designating, or pertaining to, any system of farming or horticulture, usually practiced on small pieces of land, in which the soil is thoroughly worked and fertilized so as to get as much return as possible; - opposed to extensive.
Intensivenoun
That which intensifies or emphasizes; an intensive verb or word.
Intensivenoun
a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies;
Intensiveadjective
characterized by a high degree or intensity; often used as a combining form;
Intensiveadjective
tending to give force or emphasis;
Intensiveadjective
of agriculture; intended to increase productivity of a fixed area by expending more capital and labor;
