Disengage vs Detach - What's the difference?
disengage | detach |
(ambitransitive) To release or loosen from something that binds, holds, entangles, or interlocks; unfasten; detach; disentangle; free.
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To take apart from; to take off.
(military) To separate for a special object or use.
Detach is a antonym of disengage.
As verbs the difference between disengage and detach
is that disengage is to release or loosen from something that binds, holds, entangles, or interlocks; unfasten; detach; disentangle; free while detach is to take apart from; to take off.As a noun disengage
is a circular movement of the blade that avoids the opponent's parry.disengage
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Verb
(disengag)- Ford still had his hand stuck out. Arthur looked at it with incomprehension.
"Shake," prompted Ford.
Arthur did, nervously at first, as if it might turn out to be a fish. Then he grasped it vigorously with both hands in an overwhelming flood of relief. He shook it and shook it.
After a while Ford found it necessary to disengage .
Derived terms
* disengagementdetach
English
Verb
(es)- to detach the tag from a newly purchased garment
- to detach a ship from a fleet, or a company from a regiment