different between dazzle vs intensity
dazzle
English
Etymology
daze +? -le, a frequentative form.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?dæz?l/
- Rhymes: -æz?l
Verb
dazzle (third-person singular simple present dazzles, present participle dazzling, simple past and past participle dazzled)
- (transitive) To confuse the sight of by means of excessive brightness.
- (transitive, figuratively) To render incapable of thinking clearly; to overwhelm with showiness or brilliance.
- Synonyms: impress, overpower
- (intransitive) To be overpowered by light; to be confused by excess of brightness.
Derived terms
- bedazzle
- dazzler
- dazzlement
- endazzle
- endazzlement
Translations
Noun
dazzle (countable and uncountable, plural dazzles)
- A light of dazzling brilliancy.
- (figuratively) Showy brilliance that may stop a person from thinking clearly.
- (uncommon) A herd of zebra.
- 1958, Laurens Van der Post, The lost world of the Kalahari: with the great and the little memory (1998 David Coulson edition):
- We were trying to stalk a dazzle of zebra which flashed in and out of a long strip of green and yellow fever trees, with an ostrich, its feathers flared like a ballet skirt around its dancing legs, on their flank, when suddenly […]
- 1958, Laurens Van der Post, The lost world of the Kalahari: with the great and the little memory (1998 David Coulson edition):
- (uncountable) Dazzle camouflage.
Synonyms
- (group of zebras): herd, zeal.
Translations
dazzle From the web:
- what dazzle means
- what dazzles
- what dazzle every eye
- what's dazzle dry
- dazzle meaning in english
- what dazzle me
- dazzler meaning
- dazzle me meaning
intensity
English
Etymology
intense +? -ity. Cf. also Medieval Latin intensitas.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?t?ns?ti/
Noun
intensity (plural intensities)
- The quality of being intense.
- The degree of strength.
- (physics) Time-averaged energy flux (the ratio of average power to the area through which the power "flows"); irradiance.
- (optics) Can mean any of radiant intensity, luminous intensity or irradiance.
- (astronomy) Synonym of radiance.
- (geology) The severity of an earthquake in terms of its effects on the earth's surface, and buildings. The value depends on the distance from the epicentre, and is not to be confused with the magnitude.
Derived terms
- light intensity
- luminous intensity
Related terms
- intense
Translations
intensity From the web:
- what intensity means
- what intensity exercise should i do
- what intensity should warm-up activities be
- what intensity is yoga
- what intensity is walking
- what intensity is running
- what intensity level is walking
- what intensity is jogging
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