5. OTHER FORMS OF EXPRESSION FOR EXTENSION AND INTENSION.
| Extension. | Intension. |
| comprehension | content |
| extent | intent |
| breadth | depth |
| denotation | connotation |
| application | implication |
Formerly the words extension and intension were applied to concepts while denotation and connotation were applied to terms representing the concepts, but now the words are interchangeable. Denotation, the noun, and denote, the verb, signify, etymologically, a marking off. To denote is to mark off or indicate the objects or classes of objects for which the term stands. Connotation, the noun, and connote, the verb, signify to mark along with. To connote is to mark along with the object, its attributes.
The terms which should be remembered are
| extension |  | and |  | intension |
| or | or | |||
| denotation | connotation |