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Distinguish between loudness and intensity of sound.

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The main differences between loudness and intensity of sound are give below.
`{:("Loundness of sound","Intensity of sound"),(1."The sensation produced in the ears which enables",1."The average energy transported by a sound"),("us to distingusih between a faint sound"("feeble sound"),"wave per second per unit area"("perpendicular to the direction of propagation")),("and a loud sound is called loudness of sound","is called intensity of sound."),(2."Loudness of sound is measured in the unit of decibel"(dB),2."Intensity of sound is measured in the unit of watts per square metre"(W//m^(2))),(3."Loundness of sound depends on the sensitivity of ears",3."Intensity of sound does not depend on the sensitivity of ears"):}`
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