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Combining vs Synthesis - What's the difference?

combining | synthesis |

As a verb combining

is (combine).

As a noun synthesis is

the formation of something complex or coherent by combining simpler things.

combining

English

Verb

(head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which things are combined or brought together.
  • * (Charles Dickens), The Old Curiosity Shop
  • these little combinings together, of friends, for objects in themselves extremely laudable, but which the law terms conspiracies

    synthesis

    Noun

    (syntheses)
  • The formation of something complex or coherent by combining simpler things.
  • (chemistry) The reaction of elements or compounds to form more complex compounds.
  • (logic) A deduction from the general to the particular.
  • (philosophy) The combination of thesis and antithesis.
  • (military) In intelligence usage, the examining and combining of processed information with other information and intelligence for final interpretation; (JP 1-02).
  • (rhetoric) An apt arrangement of elements of a text, especially for euphony.
  • Antonyms

    * analysis * hypothesis