The difference between Associate and Attach
When used as verbs, associate means to join in or form a league, union, or association, whereas attach means to fasten, to join to (literally and figuratively).
Associate is also noun with the meaning: a person united with another or others in an act, enterprise, or business.
Associate is also adjective with the meaning: joined with another or others and having equal or nearly equal status.
check bellow for the other definitions of Associate and Attach
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Associate as an adjective:
Joined with another or others and having equal or nearly equal status.
Examples:
"He is an associate editor."
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Associate as an adjective:
Having partial status or privileges.
Examples:
"He is an associate member of the club."
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Associate as an adjective:
Following or accompanying; concomitant.
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Associate as an adjective (biology, dated):
Connected by habit or sympathy.
Examples:
"'associate motions: those that occur sympathetically, in consequence of preceding motions"
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Associate as a noun:
A person united with another or others in an act, enterprise, or business; a partner.
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Associate as a noun:
Somebody with whom one works, coworker, colleague.
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Associate as a noun:
A companion; a comrade.
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Associate as a noun:
One that habitually accompanies or is associated with another; an attendant circumstance.
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Associate as a noun:
A member of an institution or society who is granted only partial status or privileges.
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Associate as a noun (algebra):
One of a pair of elements of an integral domain (or a ring) such that the two elements are divisible by each other (or, equivalently, such that each one can be expressed as the product of the other with a unit).
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Associate as a verb (intransitive):
To join in or form a league, union, or association.
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Associate as a verb (intransitive):
To spend time socially; keep company.
Examples:
"She associates with her coworkers on weekends."
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Associate as a verb (transitive):
To join as a partner, ally, or friend.
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Associate as a verb (transitive):
To connect or join together; combine.
Examples:
"particles of gold associated with other substances"
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Associate as a verb (transitive):
To connect evidentially, or in the mind or imagination.
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Associate as a verb (reflexive, in deliberative bodies):
To endorse.
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Associate as a verb (mathematics):
To be associative.
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Associate as a verb (transitive, obsolete):
To accompany; to be in the company of.
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Attach as a verb (transitive):
To fasten, to join to (literally and figuratively).
Examples:
"synonyms: connect annex affix unite Thesaurus:join"
"ant detach unfastdisengage separate Thesaurus:disconnect"
"An officer is attached to a certain regiment, company, or ship."
"You need to attach the carabiner to your harness."
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Attach as a verb (intransitive):
To adhere; to be attached.
Examples:
"synonyms: cling stick Thesaurus:adhere"
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Attach as a verb:
To come into legal operation in connection with anything; to vest.
Examples:
"Dower will attach."
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Attach as a verb:
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.
Examples:
"attached to a friend; attaching others to us by wealth or flattery"
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Attach as a verb:
To connect, in a figurative sense; to ascribe or attribute; to affix; with to.
Examples:
"to attach great importance to a particular circumstance"
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Attach as a verb (obsolete):
To take, seize, or lay hold of.
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Attach as a verb (obsolete, legal):
To arrest, seize.