Combination vs. Combo — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Combination and Combo
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Combination
In mathematics, a combination is a selection of items from a collection, such that the order of selection does not matter (unlike permutations). For example, given three fruits, say an apple, an orange and a pear, there are three combinations of two that can be drawn from this set: an apple and a pear; an apple and an orange; or a pear and an orange.
Combo
A small jazz band.
Combination
The act of combining or the state of being combined.
Combo
(Informal) The product or result of combining; a combination.
Combination
The result of combining.
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Combo
A small musical group.
The jazz combo played nightly at the little restaurant.
Combination
An alliance of persons or parties for a common purpose; an association.
Combo
(slang) A combination.
I need to open the safe but I forgot the combo.
I order the low priced combo platter: a taco, a burrito and a chimichanga.
Combination
A sequence of numbers or letters used to open a combination lock.
Combo
(video games) An action composed of a sequence of simpler actions, especially a composite attacking move in a fighting game.
Combination
(Mathematics) One or more elements selected from a set without regard to the order of selection.
Combo
(gaming) Effective combination of gameplay elements.
Combination
The act of combining, the state of being combined or the result of combining.
These guidelines should be followed in combination with those given last week.
She took a dangerous combination of alcohol and heroin.
Combo
Two or more gameplay elements (e.g. characters, items) which are powerful when used together.
Combination
An object formed by combining.
Combo
A strategy aiming to win by playing a specific combination of cards (or similar), often in a single turn.
Combination
A sequence of numbers or letters used to open a combination lock.
The combination to their safe was the date of birth of their first child.
Combo
A Caucasian man who marries or has a sexual relationship with an Aboriginal woman; a Caucasian man who lives among Aboriginal people and adopts Aboriginal culture
Combination
(mathematics) One or more elements selected from a set without regard to the order of selection.
Combo
A combo box.
Combination
An association or alliance of people for some common purpose.
Combo
To combine
Combination
(billiards) A combination shot; a billiard; a shot where the cue ball hits a ball that strikes another ball on the table.
Combo
A small band of jazz musicians.
Combination
A motorcycle and sidecar.
Combo
A small band of jazz musicians
Combination
A rapid sequence of punches or strikes in boxing or other combat sports.
Combination
The act or process of combining or uniting persons and things.
Making new compounds by new combinations.
A solemn combination shall be madeOf our dear souls.
Combination
The result of combining or uniting; union of persons or things; esp. a union or alliance of persons or states to effect some purpose; - usually in a bad sense.
A combination of the most powerful men in Rome who had conspired my ruin.
Combination
The act or process of uniting by chemical affinity, by which substances unite with each other in definite proportions by weight to form distinct compounds.
Combination
The different arrangements of a number of objects, as letters, into groups.
Combination
A collection of things that have been combined; an assemblage of separate parts or qualities
Combination
A coordinated sequence of chess moves
Combination
A sequence of numbers or letters that opens a combination lock;
He forgot the combination to the safe
Combination
A group of people (often temporary) having a common purpose;
They were a winning combination
Combination
An alliance of people or corporations or countries for a special purpose (formerly to achieve some antisocial end but now for general political or economic purposes)
Combination
The act of arranging elements into specified groups without regard to order
Combination
The act of combining things to form a new whole
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