Convergence vs Combine - What's the difference?
convergence | combine |
The act of moving toward union or uniformity.
A meeting place.
The intersection of three electron beams for red, green and blue onto a single pixel in a CRT.
(mathematics) The process of approaching some limiting value.
(physiology) The coordinated focusing of the eyes, especially at short range.
(biology) The evolution of similar structures or traits in unrelated species in similar environments; convergent evolution.
The merging of distinct technologies, industries, or devices into a unified whole.
To bring (two or more things or activities) together; to unite.
* (John Dryden)
* Sir (Walter Scott)
* {{quote-magazine, date=2012-03, author=William E. Carter, Merri Sue Carter
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, title= To have two or more things or properties that function together.
To come together; to unite.
(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)
A combine harvester
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.
# An industrial conglomeration in a socialist country, particularly in the former .
As a noun convergence
is the act of moving toward union or uniformity.As a proper noun combine is
(colloquial) london underground.convergence
English
Noun
(wikipedia convergence)- The convergence or divergence of the rays falling on the pupil. — Berkeley.
- We built a homestead at the convergence of two rivers
Synonyms
* convergencyAntonyms
* divergence, divergencycombine
English
Verb
(combin)- You with your foes combine , / And seem your own destruction to design.
- So sweet did harp and voice combine .
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- Joe combines the intelligence of a rock with the honesty of a politician.
- two substances that easily combine
- I am combined by a sacred vow.
Derived terms
* combination * combinable * combinatory * combined * recombineSynonyms
* fuse * merge * uniteAntonyms
* divide * separate * disuniteNoun
(en noun)- We can't finish harvesting because our combine is stuck in the mud.
- The telecom companies were accused of having formed an illegal combine in order to hike up the network charges.
