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Accompanying vs Attached - What's the difference?

accompanying | attached |

As adjectives the difference between accompanying and attached

is that accompanying is present together while attached is in a romantic or sexual relationship.

As verbs the difference between accompanying and attached

is that accompanying is while attached is (attach).

As a noun accompanying

is .

accompanying

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Present together.
  • * (1848 ) :
    • The accompanying pages contain the unfinished Sketch of a Theory of Life by S. T. Coleridge.

    References

    *“ accompanying” in Merriam-Webster Thesaurus

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
    • The accompanying helped her relax.

    attached

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (attach)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • In a romantic or sexual relationship.
    • As far as I know, he isn't attached , so I'm going to invite him out on a date.
    I'm not ready to get attached , as I want to continue sleeping around.
  • (botany, mycology) Broadly joined to a stem or stipe, but not decurrent.
    • In this group of mushrooms, the attachment of the gills to the stipe ranges from attached to almost decurrent.
  • Of a residential building, sharing walls with similar buildings on two, usually opposite, sides.

    • Coordinate terms

    * (sharing two walls) detached, semiattached