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Busy vs Congest - What's the difference?

busy | congest |

As verbs the difference between busy and congest

is that busy is to make somebody busy , to keep busy with, to occupy, to make occupied while congest is to overfill or overcrowd.

As nouns the difference between busy and congest

is that busy is a police officer while congest is (ireland'', ''scotland ) a tenant living on land whose resources do not support him adequately.

As an adjective busy

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

busy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Crowded with business or activities; having a great deal going on.
    • a busy street
  • * Shakespeare
    • To-morrow is a busy day.
  • Engaged in another activity or by someone else.
    • The director cannot see you now, he's busy .
    Her telephone has been busy all day.
    She is too busy to have time for riddles.
  • Having a lot going on; complicated or intricate.
    • Flowers, stripes, and checks in the same fabric make for a busy pattern.
  • Officious; meddling.
  • * 1603 , , IV. ii. 130:
    • I will be hanged if some eternal villain, / Some busy and insinuating rogue, / Some cogging, cozening slave, to get some office, / Have not devised this slander; I'll be hanged else.

    Related terms

    * busy as a beaver * busy as a bee * busybody * busyness * busy work

    Verb

  • To make somebody busy , to keep busy with, to occupy, to make occupied.
  • * On my vacation I'll busy myself with gardening.
  • To rush somebody.

    • Noun

    (busies)
  • A police officer.

    • Anagrams

    * 1000 English basic words

    congest

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Ireland'', ''Scotland ) a tenant living on land whose resources do not support him adequately.
    • The large farmer's land was divided among adjoining congests .
  • * 1937 , (Richard Walsh) constituency of South Mayo, Dáil Éireann - 21 April, 1937: Acquisition of Mayo Lands for Relief of Congestion.
    • Mr. Walsh asked the Minister for Lands...if he will state the cause of the delay in having these lands divided amongst local congests .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To overfill or overcrowd.

    • Related terms

    * congestion * decongestant