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Locked vs Engaged - What's the difference?

locked | engaged |

As verbs the difference between locked and engaged

is that locked is (lock) while engaged is (engage).

As adjectives the difference between locked and engaged

is that locked is of a door, etc, that has been locked (with a key) while engaged is agreed to be married.

locked

English

Verb

(head)
  • (lock)
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • Of a door, etc, that has been locked (with a key).
  • (Dublin) Very drunk.A Dictionary of Hiberno-English: The Irish Use of English, Terence Patrick Dolan , p.142.
  • 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

    See also

    * (agreed to be married)

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