Twine vs Combine - What's the difference?

In transitive terms the difference between twine and combine

is that twine is to wind about; to embrace; to entwine while combine is to have two or more things or properties that function together.

In intransitive terms the difference between twine and combine

is that twine is to ascend in spiral lines about a support; to climb spirally while combine is to come together; to unite.

In obsolete terms the difference between twine and combine

is that twine is to mingle; to mix while combine is to bind; to hold by a moral tie.

As a proper noun Combine is

london Underground.

twine

English

Alternative forms

* (l) (obsolete)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) twine, twyne, twin, from (etyl) . More at (l).

Noun

(wikipedia twine) (en noun)

A twist; a convolution.

* Milton

Typhon huge, ending in snaky twine .

A strong thread composed of two or three smaller threads or strands twisted together, and used for various purposes, as for binding small parcels, making nets, and the like; a small cord or string.

The act of twining or winding round.

Intimate and suggestive dance gyrations.

1965 Pickett, Wilson , Don't Fight It (blues song), BMI Music.

:* The way you jerk, the way you do the twine / You're too much, baby; I'd like to make you mine [...]

Etymology 2

From (etyl) twinen, twynen, from (etyl) *.

Verb

(twin)

To weave together.

To wind, as one thread around another, or as any flexible substance around another body.

* Shakespeare

Let me twine / Mine arms about that body.

To wind about; to embrace; to entwine.

* Alexander Pope

Let wreaths of triumph now my temples twine .

To mutually twist together; to become mutually involved; to intertwine.

To wind; to bend; to make turns; to meander.

* Jonathan Swift

As rivers, though they bend and twine , / Still to the sea their course incline.

To ascend in spiral lines about a support; to climb spirally.

Many plants twine .

(obsolete) To turn round; to revolve.

(Chapman)

(obsolete) To change the direction of.

(Fairfax)

(obsolete) To mingle; to mix.

(Crashaw)

Derived terms

* (l) * (l)

combine

English

Verb

(combin)

To bring (two or more things or activities) together; to unite.

* (John Dryden)

You with your foes combine , / And seem your own destruction to design.

* Sir (Walter Scott)

So sweet did harp and voice combine .

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To have two or more things or properties that function together.

Joe combines the intelligence of a rock with the honesty of a politician.

To come together; to unite.

two substances that easily combine

(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)

I am combined by a sacred vow.

Derived terms

* combination * combinable * combinatory * combined * recombine

Synonyms

* fuse * merge * unite

Antonyms

* divide * separate * disunite

Noun

(en noun)

A combine harvester

We can't finish harvesting because our combine is stuck in the mud.

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.

The telecom companies were accused of having formed an illegal combine in order to hike up the network charges.

# An industrial conglomeration in a socialist country, particularly in the former .