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Combinative vs Composite - What's the difference?

combinative | composite |

As adjectives the difference between combinative and composite

is that combinative is of, pertaining to, or resulting from combination while composite is made up of multiple components; compound or complex.

As a noun composite is

a mixture of different components.

As a verb composite is

to make a composite.

combinative

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of, pertaining to, or resulting from combination.
  • Serving to, tending to, or able to combine.
  • Synonyms

    * (of or pertaining to combination) combinatorial, combinatory * (serving to combine) amalgamative, coalescent, combinatory, unitive

    Antonyms

    * (of or pertaining to combination) noncombinative * (serving to combine) partitive, divisive, separative

    References

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    composite

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Made up of multiple components; compound or complex.
  • (architecture) Being a mixture of Ionic and Corinthian styles.
  • (mathematics) Not prime; having factors.
  • (botany) Being a member of the Asteraceae family (formerly known as Compositae), bearing involucrate heads of many small florets.
  • Derived terms

    * composite bow * composite sketch

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A mixture of different components.
  • A structural material that gains its strength from a combination of complementary materials.
  • (botany) A plant belonging to the family Compositae .
  • (mathematics) A function of a function.
  • (chiefly, law enforcement) A drawing, photograph, or the like, that combines several separate pictures or images.
  • Derived terms

    * DYC

    Verb

    (composit)
  • To make a composite.
  • I composited an image using computer software.