Active
Active adjective - Involved in often constant activity.
Usage example: all morning the crowd at the coffeehouse kept Marion and her helper pretty active
Occupied is a synonym for active in busy topic. In some cases you can use "Occupied" instead an adjective "Active", when it comes to topics like prospering.
Occupied
Occupied adjective - Involved in often constant activity.
Usage example: the boy is constantly occupied, usually with sports or schoolwork
Active is a synonym for occupied in busy topic. You can use "Active" instead an adjective "Occupied", if it concerns topics such as prospering.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- In the occupied parts of Denmark and Norway (and presumably also in occupied West Germany), stay-behind units are active and wreaking havoc.
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Henderson's Boys concerns the activities of the last active British agent in Nazi-occupied France, and the children he adopts/recruits to assist him.
Source: Literature / Henderson's Boys -
La Résistance: The Trope Namer was active during this war in France, but every occupied country had a resistance movement to one degree or another.
Source: Useful Notes / World War II
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