Difference between Absorbed and Attentive

What is the difference between Absorbed and Attentive?

Absorbed as an adjective is fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed while Attentive as an adjective is paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely

Absorbed

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To include so that it no longer has separate existence; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to incorporate; to assimilate; to take in and use up.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed taken in by a body without reflection taken by through the pores of a surface

Attentive

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely

Example sentence: Like Cato, give his little senate laws, and sit attentive to his own applause.

We hope you now know whether to use Absorbed or Attentive in your sentence.

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