Registered vs Engaged - What's the difference?
registered | engaged |
(register)
Having had one's name added to an official list or entered into a register
(mail service) Having a mailed item recorded in a register to enable its location to be tracked, sometimes with added insurance to cover loss.
(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 verbs the difference between registered and engaged
is that registered is past tense of register while engaged is past tense of engage.As adjectives the difference between registered and engaged
is that registered is having had one's name added to an official list or entered into a register while engaged is agreed to be married.registered
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(-)- a registered nurse
- a registered voter
Anagrams
*engaged
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(-)- I tried calling, but she (''or'' her phone) was engaged .