Attached vs Related - What's the difference?
attached | related |
(attach)
In a romantic or sexual relationship.
(botany, mycology) Broadly joined to a stem or stipe, but not decurrent.
Of a residential building, sharing walls with similar buildings on two, usually opposite, sides.
Standing in relation or connection.
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Narrated; told.
(music) Same as the adjective relative.
(mathematics) Fulfilling a relation.
(in combination) Having a relationship with the thing named
(relate)
As verbs the difference between attached and related
is that attached is past tense of attach while related is past tense of relate.As adjectives the difference between attached and related
is that attached is in a romantic or sexual relationship while related is standing in relation or connection.attached
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)- 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.
- In this group of mushrooms, the attachment of the gills to the stipe ranges from attached to almost decurrent.
Coordinate terms
* (sharing two walls) detached, semiattachedrelated
English
Adjective
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