Tense vs. Tensity — What's the Difference?

Tightly stretched; taut.

The state of being tense; tenseness.

In a state of nervous tension or mental strain

The quality of being tense (literally or figuratively); tension.

Causing or characterized by nervous tension or mental strain

The quality or state of being tense, or strained to stiffness; tension; tenseness.

(Linguistics) Enunciated with taut muscles, as the sound (ē) in keen.

The physical condition of being stretched or strained;

To make or become tense.

A property of verbs in which the time of the action or state, as well as its continuance or completion, is indicated or expressed.

A category or set of verb forms that indicate or express the time, such as past, present, or future, of the action or state.

Any of the forms of a verb which distinguish when an action or state of being occurs or exists.

An inflected form of a verb that indicates tense.

The property of indicating the point in time at which an action or state of being occurs or exists.

To apply a tense to.

(transitive) To make tense.

(intransitive) To become tense.

Showing signs of stress or strain; not relaxed.

Pulled taut, without any slack.

One of the forms which a verb takes by inflection or by adding auxiliary words, so as to indicate the time of the action or event signified; the modification which verbs undergo for the indication of time.

Stretched tightly; strained to stiffness; rigid; not lax; as, a tense fiber.

A grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time

Stretch or force to the limit;

Increase the tension on;

Become tense or tenser;

Make tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious;

In or of a state of physical or nervous tension

Pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat')

Taut or rigid; stretched tight;