different between intensity vs eagerness

English

Etymology

intense +? -ity. Cf. also Medieval Latin intensitas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?t?ns?ti/

Noun

intensity (plural intensities)

1. The quality of being intense.
2. The degree of strength.
3. (physics) Time-averaged energy flux (the ratio of average power to the area through which the power "flows"); irradiance.
4. (optics) Can mean any of radiant intensity, luminous intensity or irradiance.
5. (astronomy) Synonym of radiance.
6. (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

English

Alternative forms

• eagreness (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English egernesse, egrenesse; equivalent to eager +? -ness.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?i??n?s/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?i???n?s/
• Hyphenation: ea?ger?ness

Noun

eagerness (usually uncountable, plural eagernesses)

1. The state or quality of being eager; ardent desire.
   • 1909: Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden

     The things he had to tell about...were enough to make you almost tremble with excitement, when you heard all the intimate details from an animal charmer and realized with what thrilling eagerness and anxiety the whole busy underworld was working.

2. (obsolete) Tartness; sourness

Translations

Anagrams

• Gerasenes, eagreness, green seas, sea greens