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Intense vs. Mellow — What's the Difference?

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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