why would Cisco denote the routes with a whole new word "Attached" if they are direct?

I believe the question is if an ATTACHED route means the same as a DIRECT route?For example showing ip route table in a vrf (only showing 1 entry here)10.78.18.128/25, ubest/mbest: 1/0, attachedI have googled like 20 word combinations to try to find ...