For instance, the intension of “ship” as a substantive is “vehicle for conveyance on water,” whereas its extension embraces such things as cargo ships, passenger ships, battleships...
Intension refers to the logical or definitional conditions that specify the set of all possible things a word or phrase could describe, while extension refers to the set of all act...
Semantic barriers means problems arising out of different meaning of words. There are some technical terms used solely by some groups such as lawyers, engineers, doctors , etc. The...