Involved vs Occupied - What's the difference?
involved | occupied |
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)
Reserved, engaged.
Busy, unavailable.
Subjugated, under the control of a foreign military presence.
travelled to occupied Japan in December 1945
(occupy)
As adjectives the difference between involved and occupied
is that involved is complicated while occupied is reserved, engaged.As verbs the difference between involved and occupied
is that involved is (involve) while occupied is (occupy).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.
occupied
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The stall on the left is occupied .
- she is occupied at the moment
