attach vs rivet

attach

verb
  • To adhere; to be attached. 

  • To connect, in a figurative sense; to ascribe or attribute; to affix; with to. 

  • 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. 

  • To come into legal operation in connection with anything; to vest. 

  • To fasten, to join to (literally and figuratively). 

rivet

verb
  • To make firm or immovable. 

  • To command the attention of. 

  • To attach or fasten parts by using rivets. 

  • To install rivets. 

noun
  • Any fixed point or certain basis. 

  • A cylindrical mechanical fastener that attaches multiple parts together by fitting through a hole and deforming the head(s) at either end. 

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