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Implicated vs Engaged - What's the difference?

implicated | engaged |

As verbs the difference between implicated and engaged

is that implicated is (implicate) while engaged is (engage).

As an adjective engaged is

agreed to be married.

implicated

English

Verb

(head)
  • (implicate)

  • implicate

    English

    Verb

    (implicat)
  • To connect or involve in an unfavorable or criminal way with something.
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  • To imply, to have as a necessary consequence or accompaniment.
  • (archaic) To fold or twist together, intertwine, interlace, entangle, entwine.
  • See also

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    engaged

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (engage)
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • Agreed to be married.
  • Busy or employed.
  • (British) (of a telephone) Already involved in a telephone call when a third party calls
  • I tried calling, but she (''or'' her phone) was engaged .
  • (architecture, of a column) attached to a wall or sunk into it halfway
  • (of gears or cogs) in contact and in operation
  • Synonyms

    * (of a telephone) (US) busy

    See also

    * (agreed to be married)

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