different between detach vs unjoin

English

Etymology

From Old French destachier, from the same root as attach; compare French détacher and Portuguese and Spanish destacar.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA^(key): /d??tæt?/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /d??tæt?/
• Rhymes: -æt?

Verb

detach (third-person singular simple present detaches, present participle detaching, simple past and past participle detached)

1. (transitive) To take apart from; to take off.

2. (transitive, military) To separate for a special object or use.

3. (intransitive) To come off something.

Synonyms

• (take apart from): disengage, unfasten; see also Thesaurus:disconnect or Thesaurus:deadhere
• (separate for a special object or use): allocate, earmark; see also Thesaurus:set apart
• (come off something): fall off

Antonyms

• attach

Derived terms

• detachable
• detachment

Translations

Anagrams

• Cath ed, cathed, chated, hectad

English

Etymology

un- +? join

Verb

unjoin (third-person singular simple present unjoins, present participle unjoining, simple past and past participle unjoined)

1. (transitive) To separate or detach (things that were joined).
2. (transitive) To cease to be a member of; to leave.
   • 1990, Kurt Gabel, William C. Mitchell, The Making of a Paratrooper

     The leader would say a pleading "Hey, fellas," instead of a commanding and enforcing "Ach-tung!" So I unjoined the Boy Scouts.