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Preoccupied vs Dottiness - What's the difference?

preoccupied | dottiness |

As an adjective preoccupied

is concerned with something else; distracted; giving one's attention elsewhere.

As a verb preoccupied

is past tense of preoccupy.

As a noun dottiness is

the state or quality of being dotty, mildly insane or preoccupied.

preoccupied

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Concerned with something else; distracted; giving one's attention elsewhere.
    • I was preoccupied with a deadline at work, and I forgot his birthday.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (preoccupy)

    • dottiness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The state or quality of being dotty, mildly insane or preoccupied
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=May 17, author=Charles Mcgrath, title=Her Magic Act: Transforming Herself Nightly, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=She needs to be simultaneously preposterous and entirely serious, and Angela Lansbury , in her Tony-nominated performance in the current revival at the Shubert Theater, is a whirlwind of dottiness with a ramrod spine of practicality. }}

    Related terms

    *dotty *dottily