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Attend vs Attach - What's the difference?

attend | attach |

In intransitive terms the difference between attend and attach

is that attend is (to turn one's consideration to, deal with) To turn one's consideration ({{term|to}}); to deal with (a task, problem, concern etc.), to look after while attach is to adhere; to be attached.

In transitive terms the difference between attend and attach

is that attend is (to be present at) To be present at (an event or place) in order to take part in some action or proceedings while attach is to fasten, to join to (literally and figuratively).

As verbs the difference between attend and attach

is that attend is alternative form of nodot=9 lang=en "to kindle" while attach is to arrest, seize.

attend

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) attenden, atenden, from (etyl) .

Verb

(en verb)
  • ("to kindle").
    • Related terms
    * *

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) attenden, atenden, from (etyl) ; see tend and compare attempt.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (archaic) To listen to (something or someone); to pay attention to; regard; heed.
  • * Sir (Philip Sidney) (1554-1586)
    • The diligent pilot in a dangerous tempest doth not attend the unskilful words of the passenger.
  • (archaic) To listen ((to), (unto)).
  • * , chapter=15
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=Edward Churchill still attended to his work in a hopeless mechanical manner like a sleep-walker who walks safely on a well-known round. But his Roman collar galled him, his cossack stifled him, his biretta was as uncomfortable as a merry-andrew's cap and bells.}}
  • To wait upon as a servant etc.; to accompany to assist (someone).
  • * (Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
    • The fifth had charge sick persons to attend .
  • * (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
    • Attends the emperor in his royal court.
  • * (1800-1859)
    • With a sore heart and a gloomy brow, he prepared to attend William thither.
  • (senseid)To be present at (an event or place) in order to take part in some action or proceedings.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5 , passage=In the eyes of Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke the apotheosis of the Celebrity was complete. The people of Asquith were not only willing to attend the house-warming, but had been worked up to the pitch of eagerness. The Celebrity as a matter of course was master of ceremonies.}}
  • * 1994 , (Nelson Mandela), (Long Walk to Freedom) , Abacus 2010, p. 20:
    • I attended a one-room school next door to the palace and studied English, Xhosa, history and geography.
  • To be present with; to accompany; to be united or consequent to.
  • * (John Dryden) (1631-1700)
    • What cares must then attend the toiling swain.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
    • , chapter=5, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest , passage=The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite. There is something humiliating about it.
  • To wait for; to await; to remain, abide, or be in store for.
  • * (John Locke) (1632-1705)
    • the state that attends all men after this
  • * (John Dryden) (1631-1700)
    • Three days I promised to attend my doom.
    Synonyms
    * (listen to) behear
    Related terms
    (to be at an event) * attendee * attendance (to give attention to) * attendant * attention * attentive

    attach

    English

    Verb

  • (obsolete, legal) To arrest, seize.
  • * 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), (The Faerie Queene) , I.xii:
    • Eftsoones the Gard, which on his state did wait, / Attacht that faitor false, and bound him strait
  • * 1610 , , by (William Shakespeare), act 3 scene 2
    • Old lord, I cannot blame thee, / Who am myself attach'd with weariness / To th' dulling of my spirits: sit down, and rest.
  • * Miss Yonge
    • The earl marshal attached Gloucester for high treason.
  • To fasten, to join to (literally and figuratively).
    • An officer is attached to a certain regiment, company, or ship.
  • * Paley
    • The shoulder blade is attached only to the muscles.
  • * Macaulay
    • a huge stone to which the cable was attached
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Lee S. Langston, magazine=(American Scientist)
    • , title= The Adaptable Gas Turbine , passage=Turbines have been around for a long time—windmills and water wheels are early examples. The name comes from the Latin turbo'', meaning ''vortex , and thus the defining property of a turbine is that a fluid or gas turns the blades of a rotor, which is attached to a shaft that can perform useful work.}}
  • To adhere; to be attached.
  • * Brougham
    • The great interest which attaches to the mere knowledge of these facts cannot be doubted.
  • To come into legal operation in connection with anything; to vest.
    • Dower will attach .
    (Cooley)
  • To win the heart of; to connect by ties of love or self-interest; to attract; to fasten or bind by moral influence; with to .
    • attached''' to a friend; '''attaching others to us by wealth or flattery
  • * Jane Austen
    • incapable of attaching a sensible man
  • * Cowper
    • God by various ties attaches man to man.
  • To connect, in a figurative sense; to ascribe or attribute; to affix; with to .
    • to attach great importance to a particular circumstance
  • * Bayard Taylor
    • To this treasure a curse is attached .
  • (obsolete) To take, seize, or lay hold of.
    • (Shakespeare)

    Synonyms

    * (to fasten, to join to ) connect, annex, affix, unite

    Antonyms

    * (to fasten, to join to ) detach, unfasten, disengage, separate

    Derived terms

    () * attachable * attachment * attacher * get attached

    Related terms

    () * attachment