Attach
Attach verb - To cause (something) to hold to another.
Usage example: you can attach the buttons to the puppet with fabric glue
Separate
Separate verb - To set or force apart.
Usage example: we tried to separate the gluey pages, but they were stuck tight
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Shamans attach an animal spirit to their soul and need another shaman to separate the two when they die.
- In Wapsi Square, demons live in a separate world outside of our time line, attach themselves to sentient host creatures, and act in an advisory role.
Source: Our Demons Are Different - This is made all the more irritating by how he shows the clip of Samus having the power-up attach to her in Prime when it's recovered, but passes it off as her actual activation of the feature when the the two are separate visuals.
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