Busy and Do

Busy

Busy verb - To hold the attention of.

Do and busy are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Do" instead a verb "Busy".

Nearby Words: busily, busyness, busied, busying

Do

Do verb - To be fitting or proper.

Busy and do are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Busy" with "Do", this verbs are similar.

Nearby Word: doing

Common collocations

people busy people do people
best busy best do best
time busy time do time
way busy way do way
Other words: bit, nothing, fighting, times.
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