Fiance vs. Engaged — What's the Difference?

A man to whom one is engaged to be married.

Busy; occupied.

Alternative spelling of fiancé

Having formally agreed to marry

(obsolete) To betroth; to affiance.

(of a column) attached to or partly let into a wall.

To betroth; to affiance.

Employed, occupied, or busy.

A betrothed man.

Committed, as to a cause.

A man who is engaged to be married

Pledged to marry; betrothed

Involved in conflict or battle.

Being in gear; meshed.

Partly embedded in, built into, or attached to another part, as columns on a wall.

Simple past tense and past participle of engage

Having agreed to marry a particular person (one's fiancé or fiancée) or each other.

Busy or employed.

Greatly interested.

(British) (of a telephone) Already involved in a telephone call when a third party calls.

Attached to a wall or sunk into it halfway

(of gears or cogs) in contact and in operation

(military) being attacked or attacking

Having the widest part of its presenting part, usually the head, enter the pelvic brim or inlet.

Synonym of engagé

Occupied; employed; busy.

Pledged; promised; especially, having the affections pledged; promised in marriage; affianced; betrothed.

Greatly interested; of awakened zeal; earnest.

Involved; esp., involved in a hostile encounter; as, the engaged ships continued the fight.

Having ones attention or mind or energy engaged;

Involved in military hostilities;

Reserved in advance

(of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (`engaged' is a British term for a busy telephone line);

(used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting;

Having services contracted for;

Built against or attached to a wall;

Pledged to be married;