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Involved vs Involvement - What's the difference?

involved | involvement |

As an adjective involved

is complicated.

As a verb involved

is past tense of involve.

As a noun involvement is

the act of involving, or the state of being involved.

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.

    involvement

    English

    Alternative forms

    * envolvement

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The act of involving, or the state of being involved.
  • *{{quote-news, year=1988, date=July 8, author=, title=Portfolio Without Artist, work=Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=His colorful life span might be regarded as the story of an adventurer rather than that of an artist; despite his lengthy involvements in many of the arts--painting, fiction, theater, and film--one often feels from his autobiography that it was the adventures that counted most for him. }}