Attached vs Affixed - What's the difference?

attached | affixed |

As verbs the difference between attached and affixed

is that attached is past tense of attach while affixed is past tense of affix.

As an adjective attached

is in a romantic or sexual relationship.

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

affixed

English

Verb

(head)

(affix)

affix

English

(wikipedia affix)

Noun

(es)

That which is affixed; an appendage.

(linguistic morphology) A bound morpheme added to a word’s stem; formerly applied only to suffixes (also called postfixes), the term as now used comprises prefixes, suffixes, infixes, circumfixes, and suprafixes.

(mathematics) The complex number

a+bi

associated to the point in the Gauss Plane with coordinates

(a,b)

Antonyms

* nonaffix

Hyponyms

* (affixes)

Coordinate terms

* clitic

Verb

(es)

To attach.

* Ray

Should they [caterpillars] affix them to the leaves of a plant improper for their food

to affix''' a stigma to a person; to '''affix ridicule or blame to somebody

To subjoin, annex, or add at the close or end; to append to.

to affix''' a syllable to a word; to '''affix''' a seal to an instrument; to '''affix one's name to a writing

To fix or fasten figuratively; with on'' or ''upon .

eyes affixed upon the ground

(Spenser)