Involved vs Attentive - What's the difference?
involved | attentive | Related terms |
Complicated.
* 1915 ,
Associated with others, be a participant or make someone be a participant (in a crime, process, etc.)
Having an affair with someone.
(involve)
paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely
Involved is a related term of attentive.
As adjectives the difference between involved and attentive
is that involved is complicated while attentive is paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely.As a verb involved
is (involve).involved
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- He related an involved story about every ancestor since 1895.
- Miss Price told him a long, involved story, which made out that Mrs. Otter, a humdrum and respectable little person, had scabrous intrigues.
- He was involved in the project for three years.
- He got involved in a bar fight.
- When the family wrapped up my father's will, no one tried to make me feel involved .
Verb
(head)- The explanation involved potatoes, squirrels, and race cars.
attentive
English
Etymology
.Adjective
(en adjective)- She is an attentive listener, but does not like to talk much.
