Intensive and Intensifier

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Intensive noun - A modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies.

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Intensifier is a synonym for intensive. In some cases you can use "Intensifier" instead a noun "Intensive".

Intensifier noun - A modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies.

Usage example: `honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier

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Intensive is a synonym for intensifier. You can use "Intensive" instead a noun "Intensifier".

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