material intensity vs usance

material intensity and usance both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
material intensity	Yes	No	No	No
usance	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, usance is a hypernym of material intensity; that is, usance is a word with a broader meaning than material intensity:

material intensity: the expenditure in specific terms (per unit of production) of material resources (basic and auxiliary materials, fuel, energy, and depreciation of fixed assets) needed for production.
usance: (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing

Other hypernyms of material intensity include consumption, economic consumption, use, use of goods and services.

material intensity (noun)	usance (noun)
the expenditure in specific terms (per unit of production) of material resources (basic and auxiliary materials, fuel, energy, and depreciation of fixed assets) needed for production.	accepted or habitual practice
	(economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing
	the period of time permitted by commercial usage for the payment of a bill of exchange (especially a foreign bill of exchange)