Is sex and intimacy one thing or not ?

nope , you can be intimate without sex , abd you can have sex without intimacy , its often the reason for frustration among men and women , sex without intimacy is ussually dissapointing for most normal people , now get ready for the shitstorm from the armchair psychologists

It's part of it, but it's only one bolt in a functional engine. Intimacy has arms.

One arm would be sexual, then there's emotional intimacy, physical intimacy....

All in all intimacy is very important.

If you have ever been in a relationship where there's sex but no other intimacy you'll know how tough it can be.

Ok so for one to give satisfaction guaranteed the must be (sexual intimacy) and (emotional intimacy) that will help a lot and make my mind relax when I'm giving my services

Sex and intimacy have no comparisons. Sex is a primal instinct. There are men that thrive on sex with no intimacy.
I'm sure most of us here strive for intimacy. But each one of us has different definitions of what we want or view as intimacy.

I've had more intimacy with someone I met that evening compared to a long term partner.
But intimacy can spawn love and to attain love, it has to be a connection that transcends the caring bond shared by two people that want to spend the rest of their days together....even when the next intimacy eventually fades to non existence.
I seek intimacy to its highest level, knowing that I will never attain true love.

Ok I think I now understand

I've learned something today