Difference between Bad and Intense

What is the difference between Bad and Intense?

Bad as an adjective is not good; unfavorable; negative. while Intense as an adjective is strained; tightly drawn; kept on the stretch; strict; very close or earnest; as, intense study or application; intense thought.

Bad

Part of speech: noun

Definition: error, mistake

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: Badly.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To shell (a walnut).

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Not good; unfavorable; negative. Seemingly non-appropriate, in manners, etc. Not suitable or fitting. tricky; stressful; unpleasant evil, wicked faulty; not functional Of food, spoilt, rotten, overripe. Of breath, malodorous, foul. bold and daring Severe, urgent (of a need or want). fantastic

Example sentence: Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.

Intense

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Strained; tightly drawn; kept on the stretch; strict; very close or earnest; as, intense study or application; intense thought.Extreme in degree; excessive; immoderate; as: (a) Ardent; fervent; as, intense heat. (b) Keen; biting; as, intense cold. (c) Vehement; earnest; exceedingly strong; as, intense passion or hate. (d) Very severe; violent; as, intense pain or anguish. (e) Deep; strong; brilliant; as, intense color or light.

Example sentence: However fragmented the world, however intense the national rivalries, it is an inexorable fact that we become more interdependent every day.

We hope you now know whether to use Bad or Intense in your sentence.

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