Busy vs Congested - What's the difference?
busy | congested |
Crowded with business or activities; having a great deal going on.
* Shakespeare
Engaged in another activity or by someone else.
Having a lot going on; complicated or intricate.
Officious; meddling.
* 1603 , , IV. ii. 130:
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.
A police officer.
(congest)
(Ireland'', ''Scotland ) a tenant living on land whose resources do not support him adequately.
* 1937 , (Richard Walsh) constituency of South Mayo,
As verbs the difference between busy and congested
is that busy is to make somebody busy, to keep busy with, to occupy, to make occupied while congested is past tense of congest.As an adjective busy
is crowded with business or activities; having a great deal going on.As a noun busy
is {{cx|slang|UK|Liverpool|derogatory|lang=en}} A police officer.busy
English
Adjective
(er)- a busy street
- To-morrow is a busy day.
- 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.
- Flowers, stripes, and checks in the same fabric make for a busy pattern.
- 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.
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* 1000 English basic wordscongested
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*congest
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(en noun)- The large farmer's land was divided among adjoining congests .
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 .