The difference between Attach and Couple
When used as verbs, attach means to fasten, to join to (literally and figuratively), whereas couple means to join (two things) together, or (one thing) to (another).
Couple is also determiner with the meaning: two or a few, a small number of.
Couple is also noun with the meaning: two partners in a romantic or sexual relationship.
Couple is also adjective with the meaning: two or (a) small number of.
check bellow for the other definitions of Attach and Couple
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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.
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Couple as a noun:
Two partners in a romantic or sexual relationship.
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Couple as a noun:
Two of the same kind connected or considered together.
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Couple as a noun (informal):
A small number.
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Couple as a noun:
One of the pairs of plates of two metals which compose a voltaic battery, called a voltaic couple or galvanic couple.
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Couple as a noun (physics):
Two forces that are equal in magnitude but opposite in direction (and acting along parallel lines), thus creating the turning effect of a torque or moment.
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Couple as a noun (architecture):
A couple-close.
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Couple as a noun (obsolete):
That which joins or links two things together; a bond or tie; a coupler.
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Couple as an adjective (informal, US):
Two or (a) small number of.
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Couple as a verb (transitive):
To join (two things) together, or (one thing) to (another).
Examples:
"Now the conductor will couple the train cars."
"I've coupled our system to theirs."
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Couple as a verb (transitive, dated):
To join in wedlock; to marry.
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Couple as a verb (intransitive):
To join in sexual intercourse; to copulate.