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Distracted vs Distractible - What's the difference?

distracted | distractible |

As adjectives the difference between distracted and distractible

is that distracted is having one's attention diverted; preoccupied while distractible is capable of being distracted.

As a verb distracted

is past tense of distract.

distracted

English

Verb

(head)
  • (distract)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • having one's attention diverted; preoccupied
  • distraught

    • distractible

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Capable of being distracted