Difference between Leisured and Idle

What is the difference between Leisured and Idle?

Leisured as an adjective is having leisure, having time that need not be dedicated to work. while Idle as an adjective is empty, vacant.

Leisured

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Having leisure, having time that need not be dedicated to work.

Idle

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To spend in idleness; to waste; to consume.To lose or spend time doing nothing, or without being employed in business.Of an engine: to run at a slow speed, or out of gear; to tick-over.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Empty, vacant.Not turned to appropriate use; not occupied.Not engaged in any occupation or employment; unemployed; inactive; doing nothing.Averse to work, labor or employment; lazy; slothful.Of no importance; useless; worthless; vain; trifling; thoughtless; silly.

Example sentence: If a man devotes himself to art, much evil is avoided that happens otherwise if one is idle.

We hope you now know whether to use Leisured or Idle in your sentence.

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