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Combination vs Combine - What's the difference?

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Combine is a derived term of combination.

Combine is a related term of combination.



As nouns the difference between combination and combine

is that combination is the act of combining, the state of being combined or the result of combining while combine is a combine harvester.

As a verb combine is

to bring (two or more things or activities) together; to unite.

As a proper noun Combine is

london Underground.

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

    combine

    English

    Verb

    (combin)
  • To bring (two or more things or activities) together; to unite.
  • * (John Dryden)
  • You with your foes combine , / And seem your own destruction to design.
  • * Sir (Walter Scott)
  • So sweet did harp and voice combine .
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  • To have two or more things or properties that function together.
  • Joe combines the intelligence of a rock with the honesty of a politician.
  • To come together; to unite.
  • two substances that easily combine
  • (card games) In the game of casino, to play a card which will take two or more cards whose aggregate number of pips equals those of the card played.
  • (obsolete) To bind; to hold by a moral tie.
  • * (William Shakespeare)
  • I am combined by a sacred vow.

    Derived terms

    * combination * combinable * combinatory * combined * recombine

    Synonyms

    * fuse * merge * unite

    Antonyms

    * divide * separate * disunite

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A combine harvester
  • We can't finish harvesting because our combine is stuck in the mud.
  • A combination
  • # Especially, a joint enterprise of whatever legal form for a purpose of business or in any way promoting the interests of the participants, sometimes with monopolistic intentions.
  • The telecom companies were accused of having formed an illegal combine in order to hike up the network charges.
  • # An industrial conglomeration in a socialist country, particularly in the former .