Attachment vs. Appendix — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Attachment and Appendix
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Definitions
Attachment
The act of attaching or the condition of being attached.
Appendix
An appendage.
Attachment
Something, such as a tie, band, or fastener, that attaches one thing to another.
Appendix
A collection of supplementary material, usually at the end of a book.
Attachment
An emotional bond, as of affection or loyalty; fond regard.
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Appendix
(Anatomy) Any of several supplementary or accessory parts of a bodily organ or structure, especially the vermiform appendix of the large intestine.
Attachment
A supplementary part; an accessory
Bought a vacuum cleaner with several attachments.
Appendix
Something attached to something else; an attachment or accompaniment.
Attachment
A supplementary document that is attached to a primary document
Stapled two attachments to the memorandum.
Appendix
A text added to the end of a book or an article, containing additional information.
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Attachment
A file that is attached to an email.
Appendix
(anatomy) The vermiform appendix.
Attachment
Legal seizure of property.
Appendix
(anatomy) Any process, prolongation, or projection.
Attachment
The writ ordering such a seizure.
Appendix
Something appended or added; an appendage, adjunct, or concomitant.
Normandy became an appendix to England.
Attachment
The act or process of (physically or figuratively) attaching.
Appendix
Any literary matter added to a book, but not necessarily essential to its completeness, and thus distinguished from supplement, which is intended to supply deficiencies and correct inaccuracies.
Attachment
A strong bonding with or fondness for someone or something.
I have such an attachment towards my fiancé!
Appendix
The vermiform appendix.
Attachment
A dependence, especially a strong one.
Appendix
Supplementary material that is collected and appended at the back of a book
Attachment
A device attached to a piece of equipment or a tool.
Appendix
A vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch
Attachment
The means by which something is physically attached.
Attachment
(computing) A file sent along with a message, usually an email.
Attachment
(legal) Taking a person's property to satisfy a court-ordered debt.
Attachment of earnings
Attachment
(meteorology) The act or process by which any (downward) leader connects to any available (upward) streamer in a lightning flash.
Attachment
The act attaching, or state of being attached; close adherence or affection; fidelity; regard; an passion of affection that binds a person; as, an attachment to a friend, or to a party.
Attachment
That by which one thing is attached to another; connection; as, to cut the attachments of a muscle.
The human mind . . . has exhausted its forces in the endeavor to rend the supernatural from its attachment to this history.
Attachment
Something attached; some adjunct attached to an instrument, machine, or other object; as, a sewing machine attachment (i. e., a device attached to a sewing machine to enable it to do special work, as tucking, etc.).
Attachment
A seizure or taking into custody by virtue of a legal process.
Attachment
A feeling of affection for a person or an institution
Attachment
A supplementary part or accessory
Attachment
A writ authorizing the seizure of property that may be needed for the payment of a judgment in a judicial proceeding
Attachment
A connection that fastens things together
Attachment
Faithful support for a religion or cause or political party
Attachment
The act of attaching or affixing something
Attachment
The act of fastening things together
