What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Absorbed vs Glued - What's the difference?

absorbed | glued |

As verbs the difference between absorbed and glued

is that absorbed is (absorb) while glued is (glue).

As an adjective absorbed

is fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed .

absorbed

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed.
  • Something that has been absorbed, taken in, engulfed, imbibed, or assimilated.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (absorb)

    • Derived terms

    * absorbed dose * self-absorbed

    See also

    * adsorbed

    References

    ----

    glued

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (glue)

    • glue

    English

    (wikipedia glue)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A hard gelatin made by boiling bones and hides, used in solution as an adhesive; or any sticky adhesive substance.
  • (obsolete) Birdlime.

    • Derived terms

    * bee glue * fish glue * glue code * glue plant * glue stick * glueball * gluey * marine glue

    Verb

  • To join or attach something using glue.
    • I need to glue the chair-leg back into place.
  • * '>citation
  • To cause something to adhere closely to; to follow attentively.
    • His eyes were glued to the screen.
  • * 1898 , , (Moonfleet) Chapter 4
    • So as I lay on the ground with my ear glued close against the wall, who should march round the church but John Trenchard, Esquire, not treading delicately like King Agag, or spying, but just come on a voyage of discovery for himself.

    Derived terms

    *

    Anagrams

    * *