Combine vs Intertwine - What's the difference?

In transitive terms the difference between combine and intertwine

is that combine is to have two or more things or properties that function together while intertwine is to twine something together.

In intransitive terms the difference between combine and intertwine

is that combine is to come together; to unite while intertwine is to become twined together.

As a noun combine

is a combine harvester.

As a proper noun Combine

is london Underground.

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 .

intertwine

English

Verb

(intertwin)

To twine something together.

* 2005 , .

You see, no doubt, that yet again, thanks to this intertwining , our many-headed sophist has forced us against our will to admit that what is not is in a way.

To become twined together.

Synonyms

* (twine around each other) (l)