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Combined vs Combinatorial - What's the difference?

combined | combinatorial |

As adjectives the difference between combined and combinatorial

is that combined is resulting from the addition of several sources, parts, elements, aspects, etc. able to be united together, to converge while combinatorial is of, pertaining to, or involving combinations.

As a verb combined

is past tense of combine.

combined

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Resulting from the addition of several sources, parts, elements, aspects, etc. able to be united together, to converge.
    • The combined efforts of the emergency workers kept the river from going over its banks, barely.

    Antonyms

    * uncombined * divided * separated

    Verb

    (head)
  • (combine)
    • The cook combined equal parts chocolate and vanilla batter in the cake.

    combinatorial

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of, pertaining to, or involving combinations
  • (mathematics) Of or pertaining to the combination and arrangement of elements in sets

    • Derived terms

    (Derived terms) * combinatorial analysis * combinatorial auction * combinatorial chemistry * combinatorial class * combinatorial composition * combinatorial control * combinatorial design * combinatorial dual graph * combinatorial enumeration * combinatorial explosion * combinatorial game theory * combinatorial geometry * combinatorial logic * combinatorial meta analysis * combinatorial method * combinatorial number * combinatorial optimization * combinatorial principle * combinatorial proof * combinatorial species * combinatorial synthesis * combinatorial theory * combinatorial topology