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Appended vs Attached - What's the difference?

appended | attached |

As verbs the difference between appended and attached

is that appended is past tense of append while attached is past tense of attach.

As an adjective attached is

in a romantic or sexual relationship.

appended

English

Verb

(head)
  • (append)

  • append

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To hang or attach to, as by a string, so that the thing is suspended; as, a seal appended to a record; the inscription was appended to the column.
  • To add, as an accessory to the principal thing; to annex; as, notes appended to this chapter.
  • (computing) To write more data to the end of a pre-existing file.
  • Derived terms

    * prepend

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (computing) An instance of writing more data to the end of an existing file.
  • Anagrams

    *

    References

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    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