Busy vs Crowded - What's the difference?
busy | crowded |
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.
As adjectives the difference between busy and crowded
is that busy is crowded with business or activities; having a great deal going on while crowded is containing too many of something; teeming.As verbs the difference between busy and crowded
is that busy is to make somebody busy, to keep busy with, to occupy, to make occupied while crowded is past tense of crowd.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.
