magnitude vs intensity

intensity vs magnitude

magnitude and intensity both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
magnitude	Yes	No	No	No
intensity	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, intensity is a hyponym of magnitude; that is, intensity is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than magnitude:

magnitude: the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small)
intensity: the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation)

Other hyponyms of magnitude include absolute magnitude, dimension, proportion, order, order of magnitude, dimension, degree, amplitude, multiplicity, triplicity, size, size, bulk, mass, volume, muchness, intensity level, strength, amount, extent, subdimension.

magnitude (noun)	intensity (noun)
the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small)	high level or degree; the property of being intense
relative importance	chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue
a number assigned to the ratio of two quantities; two quantities are of the same order of magnitude if one is less than 10 times as large as the other; the number of magnitudes that the quantities differ is specified to within a power of 10	the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction)
	the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation)

Difference between magnitude and intensity

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