Combined vs Overall - What's the difference?
combined | overall |
Resulting from the addition of several sources, parts, elements, aspects, etc. able to be united together, to converge.
(combine)
(British) A garment worn over other clothing to protect it; a coverall or boiler suit. A garment, for manual labor or for casual wear, often made of a single piece of fabric, with long legs and a bib upper, supported from the shoulders with straps, and having several large pockets and loops for carrying tools.
(in the plural, US) A garment, worn for manual labor, with an integral covering extending to the chest, supported by straps.
As adjectives the difference between combined and overall
is that combined is resulting from the addition of several sources, parts, elements, aspects, etc. able to be united together, to converge while overall is all-encompassing, all around.As a verb combined
is past tense of combine.As an adverb overall is
generally; with everything considered.As a noun overall is
a garment worn over other clothing to protect it; a coverall or boiler suit. A garment, for manual labor or for casual wear, often made of a single piece of fabric, with long legs and a bib upper, supported from the shoulders with straps, and having several large pockets and loops for carrying tools.combined
English
Adjective
(-)- The combined efforts of the emergency workers kept the river from going over its banks, barely.
Antonyms
* uncombined * divided * separatedVerb
(head)- The cook combined equal parts chocolate and vanilla batter in the cake.