detach vs snap off

detach and snap off both are verbs.

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

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

Other hyponyms of detach include break, break off, unbind, unhook.

detach (verb)	snap off (verb)
come to be detached	break a piece from a whole
cause to become detached or separated; take off
separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment