Detach vs Loosen - What's the difference?
detach | loosen | Synonyms |
To take apart from; to take off.
(military) To separate for a special object or use.
To make loose.
* Francis Bacon
To free from restraint; to set at liberty.
* Dryden
To remove costiveness from; to facilitate or increase the alvine discharges of.
Detach is a synonym of loosen.
As verbs the difference between detach and loosen
is that detach is to take apart from; to take off while loosen is to make loose.detach
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
Antonyms
* attachDerived terms
* detachable * detachmentloosen
English
Verb
(en verb)- to loosen a knot
- After the Thanksgiving meal, Bill loosened his belt.
- After a year's rooting, then shaking doth the tree good by loosening of the earth.
- It loosens his hands, and assists his understanding.
- (Francis Bacon)