different between compare vs combine

English

Alternative forms

• (abbreviations): cp., comp.

Etymology

From Old French comparer, from Latin comparare (“to prepare, procure”), from compar (“like or equal to another”), from com- + par (“equal”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /k?m?p??/, [k?m?p??], [k?m?p??], [k?m?pe?], [k?m?pe?]
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k?m?p??/, [k?m?p??], [k?m?p??], [k?m?pe?]
• Rhymes: -??(?)

Verb

compare (third-person singular simple present compares, present participle comparing, simple past and past participle compared)

1. (transitive) To assess the similarities and differences between two or more things ["to compare X with Y"]. Having made the comparison of X with Y, one might have found it similar to Y or different from Y.
2. (transitive) To declare two things to be similar in some respect ["to compare X to Y"].
   • 1625, Francis Bacon, Apophthegms

     Solon compared the people unto the sea, and orators and counsellors to the winds; for that the sea would be calm and quiet if the winds did not trouble it.
3. (transitive, grammar) To form the three degrees of comparison of (an adjective).

4. (intransitive) To be similar (often used in the negative).
5. (obsolete) To get; to obtain.

Related terms

• comparable
• comparative
• comparison
• cf

Translations

Noun

compare (countable and uncountable, plural compares)

1. (uncountable) Comparison.
   • a. 1687, Edmund Waller, To my Worth Friend Sir Thomas Higgons

     Their small galleys may not hold compare with our tall ships.

2. (countable, programming) An instruction or command that compares two values.
   • 1998, IEEE, International Conference on Computer Design: Proceedings (page 490)

     […] including addition and subtraction, memory operations, compares, shifts, logic operations, and condition operations.

   • 2013, Paolo Bruni, Carlos Alberto Gomes da Silva Junior, Craig McKellar, Managing DB2 for z/OS Utilities with DB2 Tools Solution Packs

     It is always advisable to run a compare between your source and target environments. This should highlight whether there are differences in the lengths of VARCHARs and then the differences can be corrected before you clone.

3. (uncountable, obsolete) Illustration by comparison; simile.

See also

• contrast

Anagrams

• compear, pomerac, precoma

Asturian

Verb

compare

1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of comparar

French

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?

Verb

compare

1. inflection of comparer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kom?pa.re/
• Rhymes: -are
• Hyphenation: com?pà?re

Etymology 1

From Late Latin compatrem, accusative of compater, from Latin com- (“together”) + pater (“father”), whence also padre. Cognate to Neapolitan cumpà, Sicilian cumpari; see more at compater.

Noun

compare m (plural compari, feminine comare)

1. A child's godfather in relation to their parents: a co-father; or a child's father in relation to their co-father and his family.

   Synonym: padrino

2. (extensively) A male wedding witness or best man in relation to the spouses, or a bridegroom in relation to his wedding witness.

   Synonyms: testimone, testimone di nozze

3. (extensively) A way of addressing an old male friend.

   Synonym: amico

4. (extensively, derogatory) accomplice

   Synonym: complice

Derived terms

• comparaggio
• comparatico

Related terms

• pare

See also

• comare

Etymology 2

Verb

compare

1. third-person singular present indicative of comparire

   Synonym: comparisce

Anagrams

• camperò
• compera

Latin

Verb

comp?r?

1. second-person singular present active imperative of comp?re?

Portuguese

Verb

compare

1. inflection of comparar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kom?pare]

Verb

compare

1. third-person singular present subjunctive of compara
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of compara

Spanish

Verb

compare

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of comparar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of comparar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of comparar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of comparar.

English

Etymology

From Middle French combiner, from Late Latin comb?n?re, present active infinitive of comb?n? (“unite, yoke together”), from Latin con- (“together”) + b?n? (“two by two”).

Pronunciation

• Verb
• enPR: k?m-b?n', IPA^(key): /k?m?ba?n/
• Rhymes: -a?n

• Noun
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?m.ba?n/
• (US) enPR: käm'b?n, IPA^(key): /?k?m.ba?n/
• Rhymes: -?mba?n

Verb

combine (third-person singular simple present combines, present participle combining, simple past and past participle combined)

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

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

3. (intransitive) To come together; to unite.
4. (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.
5. (obsolete) To bind; to hold by a moral tie.

Synonyms

• See synonyms at Thesaurus:coalesce.

Antonyms

• divide
• separate
• disunite

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

combine (plural combines)

1. A combine harvester
   • 1976, The Wurzels, I Am A Cider Drinker

     When those combine wheels stops turnin'
     And the hard days work is done
     Theres a pub around the corner
     It's the place we 'ave our fun

2. A combination
   1. 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.

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

      Synonym: kombinat

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

Anagrams

• becomin'

Asturian

Verb

combine

1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of combinar

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.bin/

Etymology 1

Abbreviation of combinaison.

Noun

combine f (plural combines)

1. (colloquial) trick, scheme

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

combine

1. inflection of combiner:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• combien

Further reading

• “combine” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Portuguese

Verb

combine

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of combinar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of combinar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of combinar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of combinar

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kom?bine]

Verb

combine

1. third-person singular present subjunctive of combina
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of combina

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kom?bine/, [kõm?bi.ne]

Verb

combine

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of combinar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of combinar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of combinar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of combinar.