Combine vs. Blend — What's the Difference?

To bring into a state of unity; make united

To combine or mix (different substances) so that the constituent parts are indistinguishable from one another

To join (two or more substances) to make a single substance, such as a chemical compound; mix.

To combine (varieties or grades of the same substance) to obtain a mixture of a particular character, quality, or consistency

To have, exhibit, or involve in combination

To combine (different elements) into a single entity

(kŏmbīn′) To harvest (a grain crop) using a cutting, threshing, and cleaning machine.

To form a uniform mixture

To become united

To be unobtrusive or harmonious by resembling the surroundings or behaving like others in a group. Often used with in

To join together for a common purpose.

To create a harmonious effect or result

(Chemistry) To form a compound.

The act of blending

(kŏmbīn′) To harvest a grain crop using a cutting, threshing, and cleaning machine.

Something, such as an effect or a product, that is created by blending

A power-operated harvesting machine that cuts, threshes, and cleans grain.

(Linguistics) A word produced by combining parts of other words, as smog from smoke and fog.

An association of people or groups united for the furtherance of political or commercial interests.

A mixture of two or more things.

A combination.

(linguistics) A word formed by combining two other words; a grammatical contamination, portmanteau word.

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

(transitive) To mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade insensibly into each other.

(transitive) To have two or more things or properties that function together.

(intransitive) To be mingled or mixed.

(intransitive) To come together; to unite.

(obsolete) To pollute by mixture or association; to spoil or corrupt; to blot; to stain.

(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.

To mix or mingle together; esp. to mingle, combine, or associate so that the separate things mixed, or the line of demarcation, can not be distinguished. Hence: To confuse; to confound.

(obsolete) To bind; to hold by a moral tie.

To pollute by mixture or association; to spoil or corrupt; to blot; to stain.

A combine harvester

To mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade insensibly into each other, as colors.

A combination

To make blind, literally or figuratively; to dazzle; to deceive.

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 or fraudulent intentions.

A thorough mixture of one thing with another, as color, tint, etc., into another, so that it cannot be known where one ends or the other begins.

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

An occurrence of thorough mixing

(art) An artwork falling between painting and sculpture, having objects embedded into a painted surface.

A new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings;

(American football) A Test match in which applicants play in the hope of earning a position on a professional football team.

The act of blending components together thoroughly

To unite or join; to link closely together; to bring into harmonious union; to cause or unite so as to form a homogeneous substance, as by chemical union.

Combine into one;

To bind; to hold by a moral tie.

Blend or harmonize;

To form a union; to agree; to coalesce; to confederate.

Mix together different elements;

To unite by affinity or natural attraction; as, two substances, which will not combine of themselves, may be made to combine by the intervention of a third.

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.

Harvester that heads and threshes and cleans grain while moving across the field

A consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service;

An occurrence that results in things being united

Put or add together;

Have or possess in combination;

Combine so as to form a whole; mix;

Add together from different sources;

Join for a common purpose or in a common action;

Gather in a mass, sum, or whole

Mix together different elements;