Hooked vs Engaged - What's the difference?
hooked | engaged |
(hook)
Having a sharp curve at the end; resembling a hook.
Addicted; unable to resist or cease doing.
(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 hooked and engaged
is that hooked is past tense of hook while engaged is past tense of engage.As adjectives the difference between hooked and engaged
is that hooked is having a sharp curve at the end; resembling a hook while engaged is agreed to be married.hooked
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)- a hooked nose
- He will never leave her because he is hooked on her chocolate chip cookies.
- You only have to try heroin once to become hooked .
Synonyms
* (resembling a hook) bent, crooked, curved * (addicted) addictedengaged
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(-)- I tried calling, but she (''or'' her phone) was engaged .
