Intensive or intense?

[rollergirl]

Hello. It's my first question here. I'd like to know how to use intensive and intense correctly. What is the difference between both words? I'm looking forward to your suggestions.

[Mister Micawber]

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From the American Heritage Dictionary:

The meanings of intense and intensive overlap considerably, but they are often subtly distinct. When used to describe human feeling or activity, intense often suggests a strength or concentration that arises from inner dispositions and is particularly appropriate for describing emotional states: intense pleasure, intense dislike, intense loyalty, and so forth. Intensive is more frequently applied when the strength or concentration of an activity is imposed from without: intensive bombing, intensive training, intensive marketing. Thus a reference to Torsten's intense study of German suggests that Torsten himself was responsible for the concentrated activity, whereas Torsten's intensive study of German suggests that the program in which Torsten was studying was designed to cover a great deal of material in a brief period.
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