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Workaholic vs Busy - What's the difference?

workaholic | busy |

As nouns the difference between workaholic and busy

is that workaholic is a person who feels compelled to work excessively while busy is a police officer.

As adjectives the difference between workaholic and busy

is that workaholic is in the nature or manner of a workaholic while busy is crowded with business or activities; having a great deal going on.

As a verb busy is

to make somebody busy , to keep busy with, to occupy, to make occupied.

workaholic

English

(wikipedia workaholic)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who feels compelled to work excessively.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • In the nature or manner of a workaholic.

    • See also

    * workaholism * ergomania ----

    busy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Crowded with business or activities; having a great deal going on.
    • a busy street
  • * Shakespeare
    • To-morrow is a busy day.
  • Engaged in another activity or by someone else.
    • The director cannot see you now, he's busy .
    Her telephone has been busy all day.
    She is too busy to have time for riddles.
  • Having a lot going on; complicated or intricate.
    • Flowers, stripes, and checks in the same fabric make for a busy pattern.
  • Officious; meddling.
  • * 1603 , , IV. ii. 130:
    • I will be hanged if some eternal villain, / Some busy and insinuating rogue, / Some cogging, cozening slave, to get some office, / Have not devised this slander; I'll be hanged else.

    Related terms

    * busy as a beaver * busy as a bee * busybody * busyness * busy work

    Verb

  • To make somebody busy , to keep busy with, to occupy, to make occupied.
  • * On my vacation I'll busy myself with gardening.
  • To rush somebody.

    • Noun

    (busies)
  • A police officer.

    • Anagrams

    * 1000 English basic words