different between intrusive vs intrusion

English

Etymology

Back-formation from intrusion, +? -ive.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?t?u?s?v/
• Hyphenation: in?tru?sive

Adjective

intrusive (comparative more intrusive, superlative most intrusive)

1. Tending to intrude; doing that which is not welcome; interrupting or disturbing; entering without permission or welcome.

   Did it ever cross your mind that he might find all those questions you ask intrusive?

2. (geology) Of rocks: forced, while in a plastic or molten state, into the cavities or between the cracks or layers of other rocks.

Synonyms

• unwelcome
• uninvited
• disturbing
• interrupting

Antonyms

• unintrusive

Derived terms

• intrusively
• intrusiveness

Translations

Noun

intrusive (plural intrusives)

1. (geology) An igneous rock that is forced, while molten, into cracks or between other layers of rock

References

• intrusive in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• intrusive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

French

Adjective

intrusive

1. feminine singular of intrusif

German

Adjective

intrusive

1. inflection of intrusiv:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Adjective

intrusive

1. feminine plural of intrusivo

Anagrams

• risvenuti

English

Etymology

From Old French intrusion, from Medieval Latin intrusio

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?t?u???n/
• Rhymes: -u???n

Noun

intrusion (countable and uncountable, plural intrusions)

1. The forcible inclusion or entry of an external group or individual; the act of intruding.

   He viewed sales calls as an unwelcome intrusion.
2. (geology) Magma forced into other rock formations; the rock formed when such magma solidifies.
3. A structure that lies within a historic district but is nonhistoric and irrelevant to the district.

Related terms

Translations

References

• intrusion in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• intrusion in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

French

Noun

intrusion f (plural intrusions)

1. intrusion

Further reading

• “intrusion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).