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Attached vs Installed - What's the difference?

attached | installed |

As verbs the difference between attached and installed

is that attached is past tense of attach while installed is past tense of install.

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

    installed

    English

    Verb

    installed
  • (install)
  • readied for use
  • #(literally)
  • #*"They installed the alarm."
  • #(of )
  • #*"The system came with a installed."
  • put into position
  • *"A new chancellor was installed."
  • placed
  • *"He was installed at the watch tower."
  • Synonyms

    *(placed ): set up, established *(readied ): set up, put in, readied