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Assiduous vs Occupied - What's the difference?

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Assiduous is a related term of occupied.


As adjectives the difference between assiduous and occupied

is that assiduous is hard-working, diligent or regular (in attendance or work); industrious while occupied is reserved, engaged.

As a verb occupied is

(occupy).

assiduous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Hard-working, diligent or regular (in attendance or work); industrious.
  • * 1831 , , The Surgeon's Daughter , ch. 2:
    • He was officious in the right time and place, quiet as a lamb when his patron seemed inclined to study or to muse, active and assiduous to assist or divert him whenever it seemed to be wished.
  • * 1880 , , Washington Square , ch. 33:
    • He died after three weeks' illness, during which Mrs. Penniman, as well as his daughter, had been assiduous at his bedside.
  • * 1917 , , "Bill the Bloodhound" in The Man With Two Left Feet and Other Stories :
    • A good deal of assiduous attention had enabled Henry to win this place in her affections.
  • * 2009 , Will Pavia , " Allen Klein, accountant turned manager of the Beatles, dies at 77," The Times (UK), 6 July:
    • Klein rose to prominence in the 1960s by assiduous application of accounting methods to the music industry.

    Usage notes

    * Since the 18th century, this term has sometimes carried a connotation of servility.

    Synonyms

    * meticulous, diligent, sedulous * See also

    Derived terms

    * assiduously

    References

    occupied

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Reserved, engaged.
    • The stall on the left is occupied .
  • Busy, unavailable.
    • she is occupied at the moment
  • Subjugated, under the control of a foreign military presence.
  • travelled to occupied Japan in December 1945

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (occupy)