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Comb vs Combination - What's the difference?

comb | combination |

As nouns the difference between comb and combination

is that comb is a toothed implement for grooming the hair or (formerly) for keeping it in place or comb can be (abbreviation) combination while combination is the act of combining, the state of being combined or the result of combining.

As a verb comb

is (especially of hair or fur) to groom with a toothed implement; chiefly with a.

comb

English

(Wikipedia)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A toothed implement for grooming the hair or (formerly) for keeping it in place.
  • *
  • *:There was also hairdressing: hairdressing, too, really was hairdressing in those times — no running a comb through it and that was that. It was curled, frizzed, waved, put in curlers overnight, waved with hot tongs;.
  • A machine used in separating choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers.
  • A fleshy growth on the top of the head of some birds and reptiles; crest.
  • A structure of hexagon cells made by bees for storing honey; honeycomb.
  • An old English measure of corn equal to the half quarter.
  • *1882 , James Edwin (Thorold Rogers), , Vol.4, p.207:
  • *:But the comb or half quarter is very general in the Eastern counties, particularly in Norfolk.
  • The top part of a gun’s stock.
  • The toothed plate at the top and bottom of an escalator that prevents objects getting trapped between the moving stairs and fixed landings.
  • (music) The main body of a harmonica containing the air chambers and to which the reed plates are attached.
  • A former, commonly cone-shaped, used in hat manufacturing for hardening soft fibre.
  • A toothed tool used for chasing screws on work in a lathe; a chaser.
  • The notched scale of a wire micrometer.
  • The collector of an electrical machine, usually resembling a comb.
  • One of a pair of peculiar organs on the base of the abdomen in scorpions.
  • The curling crest of a wave; a comber.
  • A toothed plate used for creating wells in agar gels for electrophoresis.
  • (weaving) A toothed wooden pick used to push the weft thread tightly against the previous pass of thread to create a tight weave.
  • Synonyms

    * (skin on head of birds) cockscomb, crest

    Coordinate terms

    * (skin on head of birds) caruncle, snood, wattle

    Derived terms

    (Terms derived from "comb") * backcomb * comb-footed spider * comb jelly * combover * currycomb * drop at comb * fine-tooth comb * razor comb * Venus' comb

    Coordinate terms

    * orling

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (especially of hair or fur) To groom with a toothed implement; chiefly with a .
  • To separate choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers.
  • To search thoroughly as if raking over an area with a comb.
  • (nautical) To roll over, as the top or crest of a wave; to break with a white foam, as waves.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (abbreviation) Combination.
  • Anagrams

    * 1000 English basic words ----

    combination

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of combining, the state of being combined or the result of combining.
  • An object formed by combining.
  • A sequence of numbers or letters used to open a combination lock.
  • (mathematics) One or more elements selected from a set without regard to the order of selection.
  • An association or alliance of people for some common purpose.
  • (billiards) A combination shot; a billiard; a shot where the cue ball hits a ball that strikes another ball on the table.
  • motorcycle and sidecar
  • Derived terms

    * recombination

    Synonyms

    *(act of combining) fusion, merger

    Antonyms

    * (act of combining) division, separation * (mathematics) permutation

    See also

    * permutation