What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Associated vs Attached - What's the difference?

associated | attached |

As verbs the difference between associated and attached

is that associated is past tense of associate while attached is past tense of attach.

As an adjective attached is

in a romantic or sexual relationship.

associated

English

Verb

(head)
  • (associate)

    • Statistics

    *

    associate

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Joined with another or others and having equal or nearly equal status.
    • He is an associate editor.
  • Having partial status or privileges.
    • He is an associate member of the club.
  • Following or accompanying; concomitant.
  • (biology, dated) Connected by habit or sympathy.
    • associate motions: those that occur sympathetically, in consequence of preceding motions

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person united with another or others in an act, enterprise, or business; a partner or colleague.
  • A companion; a comrade.
  • One that habitually accompanies or is associated with another; an attendant circumstance.
  • A member of an institution or society who is granted only partial status or privileges.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Verb

    (associat)
  • (lb) To join in or form a league, union, or association.
  • (lb) To spend time socially; keep company.
  • :
  • *
  • *:As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish,I do not suppose that it matters much in reality whether laws are made by dukes or cornerboys, but I like, as far as possible, to associate with gentlemen in private life.
  • (lb) To join as a partner, ally, or friend.
  • (lb) To connect or join together; combine.
  • :
  • (lb) To connect evidentially, or in the mind or imagination.
  • *(rfdate) (John Keats) (1795-1821)
  • *:I always somehow associate Chatterton with autumn.
  • * (1800-1859)
  • *:He succeeded in associating his name inseparably with some names which will last as long as our language.
  • *{{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Philip J. Bushnell
    • , magazine=(American Scientist), title= Solvents, Ethanol, Car Crashes & Tolerance , passage=Surprisingly, this analysis revealed that acute exposure to solvent vapors at concentrations below those associated with long-term effects appears to increase the risk of a fatal automobile accident.}}
  • To endorse.
  • *
  • (lb) To be associative.
  • To accompany; to keep company with.
  • *(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
  • *:Friends should associate friends in grief and woe.

    • Synonyms

    * join

    Antonyms

    * disassociate

    References

    * English heteronyms ----

    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