detach vs lop off

detach and lop off both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
detach	No	No	Yes	No
lop off	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, lop off is a hyponym of detach; that is, lop off is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than detach:

Other hyponyms of detach include blow off, chop off, cut off, unsolder, fall off.

detach (verb)	lop off (verb)
come to be detached	remove by or as if by cutting
cause to become detached or separated; take off
separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment