Intense vs. Mellow — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Intense and Mellow
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Intense
Intense is the fifth studio album by Dutch DJ and record producer Armin van Buuren. It was released on 3 May 2013 by Armada Music.The first song announced to be on the album is "Waiting for the Night", featuring the singer Fiora, which was released on 21 January 2013 as the theme song to the Dutch film Loving Ibiza (Verliefd op Ibiza).
Mellow
Soft, sweet, juicy, and full-flavored because of ripeness
A mellow fruit.
Intense
Possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to an extreme degree
The intense sun of the tropics.
Mellow
Suggesting softness or sweetness
"The mellow air brought in the feel of imminent autumn" (Thomas Hardy).
Intense
Extreme in degree, strength, or size
Intense heat.
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Mellow
Flavorful and mild or smooth, as from being properly matured
A mellow wine.
Intense
Involving or showing strain or extreme effort
Intense concentration.
Mellow
Soft and pleasant; not harsh
A mellow voice.
Mellow light.
Intense
Deeply felt; profound
Intense anger.
Mellow
Gentle and understanding, especially from being mature or experienced
"She had seen him as a survival of a leisurely and tolerant age, a mellow man" (Elisabeth Ogilvie).
Intense
Having or showing strong feeling or great seriousness
An intense writer.
Mellow
Relaxed and unhurried; easygoing
A mellow friend.
A mellow conversation.
Intense
Strained; tightly drawn.
Mellow
(Slang) Slightly and pleasantly intoxicated.
Intense
Strict, very close or earnest.
Intense study;
Intense thought
Mellow
Moist, rich, soft, and loamy. Used of soil.
Intense
Extreme in degree; excessive.
Mellow
To make or become mellow.
Intense
Extreme in size or strength.
Mellow
Soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp.
A mellow apple
Intense
Stressful and tiring.
Mellow
Matured and smooth, and not acidic, harsh, or sharp.
Intense
Very severe.
Mellow
Soft and easily penetrated or worked; not hard or rigid; loamy.
Intense
Very emotional or passionate.
The artist was a small, intense man with piercing blue eyes.
Mellow
Mature; of crops: ready to be harvested; ripe.
Intense
Strained; tightly drawn; kept on the stretch; strict; very close or earnest; as, intense study or application; intense thought.
Mellow
Fruitful and warm.
Intense
Extreme in degree; excessive; immoderate;
In this intense seclusion of the forest.
Mellow
(figuratively)
Intense
In an extreme degree;
Intense heat
Intense anxiety
Intense desire
Intense emotion
The skunk's intense acrid odor
Intense pain
Enemy fire was intense
Mellow
Not coarse, brash, harsh, or rough; delicate, rich, soft, subdued.
Intense
Extremely sharp or intense;
Acute pain
Felt acute annoyance
Intense itching and burning
Mellow
Senses relating to a person or their qualities.
Intense
(of color) having the highest saturation;
Vivid green
Intense blue
Mellow
Pleasing in some way; excellent, fantastic, great.
Mellow
The property of being mellow; mellowness.
Mellow
(specifically) A comfortable or relaxed mood.
Mellow
(AAVE) Also main mellow: a close friend or lover.
Mellow
(transitive)
Mellow
To cause (fruit) to become soft or tender, specifically by ripening.
Mellow
To cause (food or drink, for example, cheese or wine, or its flavour) to become matured and smooth, and not acidic, harsh, or sharp.
Mellow
To soften (land or soil) and make it suitable for planting in.
Mellow
(figuratively)
Mellow
(intransitive)
Mellow
(of food or drink, or its flavour) To mature and lose its harshness or sharpness.
Mellow
To be rendered soft and suitable for planting in.
Mellow
(figuratively)
Mellow
Soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp; as, a mellow apple.
Mellow
Easily worked or penetrated; not hard or rigid; as, a mellow soil.
The tender flush whose mellow stain imbuesHeaven with all freaks of light.
Mellow
Well matured; softened by years; genial; jovial.
May health return to mellow age.
As merry and mellow an old bachelor as ever followed a hound.
Mellow
Warmed by liquor; slightly intoxicated.
Mellow
To make mellow.
If the Weather prove frosty to mellow it [the ground], they do not plow it again till April.
The fervor of early feeling is tempered and mellowed by the ripeness of age.
Mellow
To become mellow; as, ripe fruit soon mellows.
Mellow
Soften, make mellow;
Age and experience mellowed him over the years
Mellow
Become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial;
With age, he mellowed
Mellow
Make or grow (more) mellow;
These apples need to mellow a bit more
The sun mellowed the fruit
Mellow
Unhurried and relaxed;
An easygoing pace
A mellow conversation
Mellow
Having a full and pleasing flavor through proper aging;
A mellow port
Mellowed fruit
Mellow
Having attained to kindliness or gentleness through age and experience;
Mellow wisdom
The peace of mellow age
Mellow
Having or suggesting softness and richness in quality;
A mellow sound
The mellow air brought in the feel of imminent autumn
A mellowing sun
Mellow
Slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana)
Mellow
(obsolete) in a mellow manner
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