Federation vs Combining - What's the difference?

Federation is a related term of combining.

is that federation is federation while combining is the act by which things are combined or brought together.

(wikipedia federation)

(en noun)

Act of joining together into a single (l) (l).

It is 106 years since federation .

Array of (l) or states that are (l) under one central authority which is elected by its members.

Any (l) or organisation formed from separate groups or bodies.

(computing, telecommunications) A collection of network or telecommunication providers that offer interoperability.

(Federation architecture) (-)

(Australia) Of an architectural style popular around the time of federation.

We live in a federation house.

* 2000 , Donald Denoon, Philippa Mein Smith, Marivic Wyndham, A History of Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific , page 221,

The Federation house claimed a unique place in architecture, even if it offended architects.

* 2002 , Andrew Swaffer, Katrina O'Brien, Darroch Donald, Australia: Handbook , page 754,

Five Chimneys', 15 Maria St, T8563 0240. Comfortable accomodation in large ' federation house , spa, swimming pool.

* 2010 , Adrian Franklin, Collecting the 20th Century , page 27,

Plaster kookaburras from the 1930s would still look good in a nature-themed Federation house; h27 cm.

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(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