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Engulfed vs Engrossed - What's the difference?

engulfed | engrossed |

As verbs the difference between engulfed and engrossed

is that engulfed is (engulf) while engrossed is (engross).

As an adjective engrossed is

preoccupied with something to the exclusion of everything else or engrossed can be (of a document) finalized, written in large letters.

engulfed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (engulf)

    • engulf

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To overwhelm.
    • Desperation engulfed her after her daughter's death.
  • * 2013 June 18, , " Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders," New York Times (retrieved 21 June 2013):
    • Shaken by the biggest challenge to their authority in years, Brazil’s leaders made conciliatory gestures on Tuesday to try to defuse the protests engulfing the nation’s cities.
  • To surround; to cover.
    • Only Noah and his family survived when the Flood engulfed earth.

    engrossed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (engross)

    • Etymology 1

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Preoccupied with something to the exclusion of everything else.

    • Etymology 2

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (of a document) Finalized, written in large letters.