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Combined vs Connected - What's the difference?

combined | connected |

As adjectives the difference between combined and connected

is that combined is resulting from the addition of several sources, parts, elements, aspects, etc. able to be united together, to converge while connected is (usually with "well-"): Having favorable rapport with a powerful entity.

As verbs the difference between combined and connected

is that combined is past tense of combine while connected is past tense of connect.

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.

    connected

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (usually with "well-"): Having favorable rapport with a powerful entity.
  • (mathematics, topology, of a topological space) That cannot be partitioned into two nonempty open sets.
  • (mathematics, graph theory, of a directed graph) Having a path, either directed]] or undirected, connecting every pair of [[vertex, vertices.

    • Antonyms

    * disconnected

    Verb

    (head)
  • (connect)