Detached vs Engaged - What's the difference?
detached | engaged |
Of a house: not joined to another house on either side.
Having little or no emotions or interest towards someone else.
Not influenced by anyone else; characterized by an impersonal objectivity; impartial.
(detach)
(engage)
Agreed to be married.
Busy or employed.
(British) (of a telephone) Already involved in a telephone call when a third party calls
(architecture, of a column) attached to a wall or sunk into it halfway
(of gears or cogs) in contact and in operation
As adjectives the difference between detached and engaged
is that detached is of a house: not joined to another house on either side while engaged is agreed to be married.As verbs the difference between detached and engaged
is that detached is (detach) while engaged is (engage).detached
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Adjective
(en adjective)Derived terms
* semi-detachedVerb
(head)engaged
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Verb
(head)Adjective
(-)- I tried calling, but she (''or'' her phone) was engaged .