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Interlock vs Engaged - What's the difference?

interlock | engaged |

As verbs the difference between interlock and engaged

is that interlock is to fit together securely while engaged is (engage).

As a noun interlock

is a safety device that prevents activation in unsafe conditions.

As an adjective engaged is

agreed to be married.

interlock

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To fit together securely.
  • To interlace.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A safety device that prevents activation in unsafe conditions.
  • :The demonstrator couldn't figure out why the machine wouldn't work, until he remembered that there was an interlock so it wouldn't operate with the cover open.

    • 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

    Related terms

    * engage * engagement

    See also

    * (agreed to be married)

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