busyness
noun
[ ˈbɪzɪnəs ]
• the state or condition of having a great deal to do.
• "it's easy to get caught up in the busyness of life"
• the quality of being excessively detailed or decorated.
• "the busyness of the interior design"
Origin:
early 19th century: from busy + -ness. The word business was used in the the sense ‘the state of being busy’ from Middle English down to the 18th century, but is now differentiated as busyness.
business
noun
• a person's regular occupation, profession, or trade.
• "experts who typically conduct their business over the internet"
Similar:
work,
line of work,
line,
occupation,
profession,
career,
employment,
job,
day job,
position,
pursuit,
vocation,
calling,
field,
sphere,
walk of life,
trade,
craft,
way,
métier,
racket,
game,
grip,
employ,
• commercial activity.
• "firms who want to do business with Japan"
Similar:
trade,
trading,
commerce,
buying and selling,
dealing,
traffic,
trafficking,
marketing,
merchandising,
bargaining,
dealings,
transactions,
negotiations,
proceedings,
• (in Aboriginal English) traditional law and ritual.
• a situation or series of events, typically a scandalous or discreditable one.
• "maybe something positive will come out of the whole awful business"
Similar:
affair,
matter,
thing,
issue,
case,
set of circumstances,
circumstance,
situation,
occasion,
experience,
event,
incident,
happening,
occurrence,
phenomenon,
eventuality,
episode,
interlude,
adventure,
• actions on stage other than dialogue.
• a very enjoyable or popular person or thing.
• "this brandy is the business"
• a group of ferrets.
• "his goons will go through the ship like a business of ferrets"
Origin:
Old English bisignis ‘anxiety’ (see busy, -ness); the sense ‘state of being busy’ was used from Middle English down to the 18th century, but is now differentiated as busyness . The use ‘appointed task’ dates from late Middle English, and from it all the other current senses have developed.
