Intensity and Severity

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Intensity

Intensity noun - Depth of feeling.

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Severity is a synonym for intensity in passion topic. In some cases you can use "Severity" instead a noun "Intensity", when it comes to topics like fury, force, big. popular alternative

Nearby Words: intense, intensify, intensely, intensified, intensification

Severity

Severity noun - Used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather.

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Intensity is a synonym for severity in fury topic. You can use "Intensity" instead a noun "Severity", if it concerns topics such as strength, big. popular alternative

Nearby Words: severe, sever, severely, severally

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high	high intensity	high severity
full	full intensity	full severity
exact	exact intensity	exact severity
appropriate	appropriate intensity	appropriate severity
Other adjectives: sheer, lower, immense, unusual, greater, varying.

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Of course, the severity of the damage depends on the intensity of the stressor, how far beyond the limits one goes, and for how long.

Source: Heroic R.R.O.D.
Typically, it will detect danger and allow the character to measure severity by intensity, but cannot indicate the danger's exact nature or origin.

Source: Spider-Sense

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