The difference between Busy and Engaged

When used as adjectives, busy means crowded with business or activities, whereas engaged means agreed to be married.


Busy is also noun with the meaning: a police officer.

Busy is also verb with the meaning: to make somebody busy or active.

check bellow for the other definitions of Busy and Engaged

  1. Busy as an adjective:

    Crowded with business or activities; having a great deal going on.

    Examples:

    "We crossed a busy street."

  2. Busy as an adjective:

    Engaged in activity or by someone else.

    Examples:

    "The director cannot see you now: he's busy."

    "Her telephone has been busy all day."

    "He is busy with piano practice."

    "They are busy getting ready for the annual meeting."

  3. Busy as an adjective:

    Having a lot going on; complicated or intricate.

    Examples:

    "Flowers, stripes, and checks in the same fabric make for a busy pattern."

  4. Busy as an adjective:

    Officious; meddling.

  1. Busy as a verb (transitive):

    To make somebody busy or active; to occupy.

  2. Busy as a verb (transitive):

    To rush somebody.

  1. Busy as a noun (slang, UK, Liverpool, derogatory):

    A police officer.

  1. Engaged as a verb:

  1. Engaged as an adjective:

    Agreed to be married.

  2. Engaged as an adjective:

    Busy or employed.

  3. Engaged as an adjective:

    Greatly interested.

  4. Engaged as an adjective (British):

    Already involved in a telephone call when a third party calls

    Examples:

    "I tried calling, but she (''or'' her phone) was engaged."

  5. Engaged as an adjective (architecture, of a column):

    attached to a wall or sunk into it halfway

  6. Engaged as an adjective (of gears or cogs):

    in contact and in operation

  7. Engaged as an adjective (military):

    being attacked or attacking

  8. Engaged as an adjective (medicine, of a [[foetus]]):

    Having the widest part of its presenting part, usually the head, enter the pelvic brim or inlet.

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