affix vs connect

affix

verb
  • To attach. 

  • To subjoin, annex, or add at the close or end; to append to. 

  • To fix or fasten figuratively; with on or upon. 

noun
  • Any small feature, as a figure, a flower, or the like, added for ornament to a vessel or other utensil, to an architectural feature. 

  • A bound morpheme added to the word’s stem's end. 

  • A bound morpheme added to a word’s stem; a prefix, suffix, etc. 

  • The complex number a+bi associated with the point in the Gauss plane with coordinates (a,b). 

  • That which is affixed; an appendage. 

connect

verb
  • To join (to another object): to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object. 

  • To join an electrical or telephone line to a circuit or network. 

  • To make a travel connection; to switch from one means of transport to another as part of the same trip. 

  • To join: to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to each other. 

  • To join (two other objects), or to join (one object) to (another object): to be a link between two objects, thereby attaching them to each other. 

  • To join (two other objects), or to join (one object) to (another object): to take one object and attach it to another. 

  • To arrive at an intended target; to land. 

  • To associate; to establish a relation between. 

noun
  • A useful friend or associate. 

  • A drug dealer. 

How often have the words affix and connect occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )