Preoccupied vs Abstracted - What's the difference?
preoccupied | abstracted |
Concerned with something else; distracted; giving one's attention elsewhere.
(preoccupy)
Separated or disconnected; withdrawn; removed; apart.
* The evil abstracted stood from his own evil. - Milton
(now, rare) Separated from matter; abstract; ideal, not concrete.
(now, rare) Abstract; abstruse; difficult.
Inattentive to surrounding objects; absent in mind; meditative.
* An abstracted scholar. - Johnson
(abstract)
As adjectives the difference between preoccupied and abstracted
is that preoccupied is concerned with something else; distracted; giving one's attention elsewhere while abstracted is separated or disconnected; withdrawn; removed; apart .As verbs the difference between preoccupied and abstracted
is that preoccupied is (preoccupy) while abstracted is (abstract).preoccupied
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- I was preoccupied with a deadline at work, and I forgot his birthday.
