intense vs vehement

intense

adj
  • Very emotional or passionate. 

  • Extreme in size or strength. 

  • Stressful and tiring. 

  • Strained; tightly drawn. 

  • Extreme in degree; excessive. 

  • Very severe. 

  • Strict, very close or earnest. 

vehement

adj
  • Showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense. 

How often have the words intense and vehement occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )