Busy and Used

Busy

Busy adjective - Involved in often constant activity.

Used and busy are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Used" instead an adjective "Busy".

Nearby Words: busily, busyness, busied, busying

Used

Used adjective - Being in the habit or custom.

Busy and used are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Busy" instead an adjective "Used".

Nearby Words: use, useful

Both words in one sentence

  • Canada used to have a lumber store chain called Beaver Lumber, which not only had a beaver in overalls as the company mascot, but also once had a cartoon beaver in their commercials busy in a store.
    Source: Busy Beaver
  • Comicbook / Ms. Marvel (2014) Marvel's image was used by the Hope Yards project without her permission while she was too busy getting used to her role as an Avenger to notice.
  • Creator / Wang Film Productions That said, its CG division CGCG is still quite busy and has made up for Wang not being used as much.
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