Attached vs Devoted - What's the difference?

Devoted is a synonym of attached.

is that attached is past tense of attach while devoted is past tense of devote.

is that attached is in a romantic or sexual relationship while devoted is vowed; dedicated; consecrated.

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(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.

* (sharing two walls) detached, semiattached

(en adjective)

Vowed; dedicated; consecrated.

Zealous; characterized by devotion.

(obsolete) cursed; doomed.

* devotedly * devotedness

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