may it look same but this is handled by two different proffesionals
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Magnitude
Magnitude may refer to:
* Magnitude (mathematics), a measure of the size of a mathematical object
In astronomy:
* A logarithmic measure of the brightness of an astronomical object
- Apparent magnitude
- Absolute magnitude
* Magnitude of an eclipse
In seismology:
* Either of two measures of earthquake strength:
- Richter magnitude scale (including the surface-wave Ms and body wave Mb magnitudes)
- Moment magnitude scale
Other:
* Magnitude is an attack in the Pokémon fictional world
Intensity
In physics, intensity is a measure of the time-averaged energy flux. To find the intensity, take the energy density (that is, the energy per unit volume) and multiply it by the velocity at which the energy is moving. The resulting vector has the units of power divided by area (i.e. watt/m²). It is possible to define the intensity of the water coming from a garden sprinkler, but intensity is used most frequently with waves (i.e. sound or light).
In physics, the word "intensity" is not synonymous with "strength", "amplitude", or "level", as it sometimes is in colloquial speech. For example, "the intensity of pressure" is meaningless, since the parameters of those variables do not match.
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Magnitude is a measure of size
Intensity is a measure of strength
The magnitude of the problem defeated them.
He was taken aback by the intensity of the pain.
importance is the degree of skill released through an earthquake even as intensity is the degree of human reaction to the floor stream, and of the wear and tear to the floor floor. An earthquake is mostly brought about through the stream of crustal plates. And even as the plates moved underwater it may reason large damaging waves said as tsunami.