Busy vs Loud - What's the difference?
busy | loud |
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.
(of a sound) Of great intensity.
*
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Noisy.
* Bible, Proverbs vii. 11
Not subtle or reserved, brash.
Having unpleasantly and tastelessly contrasting colours or patterns; gaudy.
As adjectives the difference between busy and loud
is that busy is crowded with business or activities; having a great deal going on while loud is of great intensity.As a verb busy
is to make somebody busy, to keep busy with, to occupy, to make occupied.As a noun busy
is {{cx|slang|UK|Liverpool|derogatory|lang=en}} A police officer.As an adverb loud is
loudly.As a proper noun Loud is
{{surname}.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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Noun
(busies)Anagrams
* 1000 English basic wordsloud
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Alternative forms
* lowd (obsolete)Adjective
(er)- She is loud and stubborn.
