Locked vs Engaged - What's the difference?
locked | engaged |
(lock)
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.
(engage)
Agreed to be married.
Busy or employed.
(British) (of a telephone) Already involved in a telephone call when a third party calls
(architecture, of a column) attached to a wall or sunk into it halfway
(of gears or cogs) in contact and in operation
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
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(-)engaged
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(-)- I tried calling, but she (''or'' her phone) was engaged .