different between intensify vs sporadic

English

Etymology

intense +? -ify. Compare French intensifier.

Verb

intensify (third-person singular simple present intensifies, present participle intensifying, simple past and past participle intensified)

1. (transitive) To render more intense

2. (intransitive) To become intense, or more intense; to act with increasing power or energy.

Synonyms

• (become intense or more intense): intensen

Related terms

• intensification

Translations

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin sporadicus (whence also French sporadique, Italian sporadico, Spanish esporádico), from Ancient Greek ?????????? (sporadikós), from ?????? (sporás, “scattered, dispersed”), from ????? (sporá), ?????? (spóros, “a sowing [of seed]”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /sp???æ??k/, /sp???æ??k/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /sp???æd?k/, /sp???æd?k/
• Rhymes: -æd?k

Adjective

sporadic (comparative more sporadic, superlative most sporadic)

1. (archaic) (of diseases) occurring in isolated instances; not epidemic.
2. Rare and scattered in occurrence.
3. Exhibiting random behavior; patternless.

Derived terms

• sporadic E layer

Related terms

• sporadical
• sporadically
• sporadicalness

Translations

References

Anagrams

• caproids, carpoids, picadors

Romanian

Etymology

From French sporadique

Adjective

sporadic m or n (feminine singular sporadic?, masculine plural sporadici, feminine and neuter plural sporadice)

1. sporadic

Declension

Related terms

• sporadicitate