different between bushing vs busying

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b????/
• Hyphenation: bush?ing

Noun

bushing (plural bushings)

1. (mechanical engineering) A type of bearing, a cylindrical lining designed to reduce friction and wear inside a hole, often used as a casing for a shaft, pin or hinge.
2. (mechanical engineering) An elastic bearing used as a type of vibration isolator, commonly made of rubber. An interface between two parts, damping the movement and the energy transmitted.
3. (mechanical engineering) A threaded bushing: a fastener element that is inserted into an object, usually to add a threaded hole in a softer or thin material.
4. (electrical engineering) A lining for an opening through which a conductor passes, providing insulation and mechanical protection for the conductor.
5. An adapter for joining pipes of different size.

Translations

English

Verb

busying

1. present participle of busy

Noun

busying (plural busyings)

1. busyness; making oneself busy with something
   • 1853, The Cottage Lamp, an aid to happiness in this world and the next

     All of you have some business or other to do in the world. Are not your thoughts, and talkings, and busyings, and anxieties, and cares, altogether about the business you have to do?

   • 1856, Thomas Cobbet, Gospel Incense Or a Practical Treatise on Prayer (page 296)

     And as other dreams come from the multitude of business, so from such like busyings of the mind, we shall pray but dreamingly and distemperedly.

Anagrams

• buyings