Busy and Going

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Busy

Busy adjective - Involved in often constant activity.
Usage example: the deadline is in two days, so everyone at work has been extremely busy
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Going and busy are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Going" instead an adjective "Busy".
Nearby Words: busily, busyness, busied, busying

Going

Going adjective - Being in effective operation.
Usage example: he just can't keep his small bookstore going
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Busy and going are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Busy" instead an adjective "Going".
Nearby Word: go

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  • Watch Where You're Going! The Shrimpers tell him they're not going anywhere, because they're busy shrimping.
    Source: Watch Where You're Going!
  • Buried Alive In The Prestige Robert Angier does this to Alfred Borden's assistant both for revenge and to keep him busy digging, instead of going after him.
    Source: Buried Alive
  • I Fell for Hours GLaDOS: Well, since we aren't going anywhere — well, we are going somewhere, alarmingly fast actually, but since we aren't busy other than that...
    Source: I Fell for Hours
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