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Involved vs Imbued - What's the difference?

involved | imbued |

As verbs the difference between involved and imbued

is that involved is (involve) while imbued is (imbue).

As an adjective involved

is complicated.

involved

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Complicated.
    • He related an involved story about every ancestor since 1895.
  • * 1915 ,
    • Miss Price told him a long, involved story, which made out that Mrs. Otter, a humdrum and respectable little person, had scabrous intrigues.
  • Associated with others, be a participant or make someone be a participant (in a crime, process, etc.)
    • 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 .
  • Having an affair with someone.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (involve)
    • The explanation involved potatoes, squirrels, and race cars.

    imbued

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (imbue)

    • imbue

    English

    Verb

    (imbu)
  • (transitive): To wet or stain an object completely with some physical quality.
    • The shirt was imbued with his scent.
  • In general, to act in a way which results in an object becoming completely permeated or impregnated by some quality.
    • The entire text is imbued with the sense of melancholy and hopelessness.

    Usage notes

    * Imbue takes meaning from the word imbibe, which means "to absorb or to be filled with".