Clingy vs Attached - What's the difference?
clingy | attached |
Having a tendency to cling.
(informal, usually, derogatory) Pathetically possessive of someone, usually a significant other.
(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.
As adjectives the difference between clingy and attached
is that clingy is having a tendency to cling while attached is in a romantic or sexual relationship.As a verb attached is
past tense of attach.clingy
English
Adjective
(er)- a clingy minidress
- a clingy ex-girlfriend who won't stop calling
Synonyms
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*attached
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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.
