alignment vs combination

combination vs alignment

alignment and combination both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
alignment	Yes	No	No	No
combination	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, combination is a hyponym of alignment; that is, combination is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than alignment:

alignment: an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty
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)

Other hyponyms of alignment include allies, axis, bloc, Allies, Central Powers, Allies, Axis, entente, entente cordiale, popular front, global organization, international organisation, international organization, world organisation, world organization, Northern Alliance, United Front.

alignment (noun)	combination (noun)
the act of adjusting or aligning the parts of a device in relation to each other	the act of combining things to form a new whole
the spatial property possessed by an arrangement or position of things in a straight line or in parallel lines	the act of arranging elements into specified groups without regard to order
(astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac	a collection of things that have been combined; an assemblage of separate parts or qualities
an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty	a group of people (often temporary) having a common purpose
	a sequence of numbers or letters that opens a combination lock
	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)
	a coordinated sequence of chess moves

Difference between alignment and combination

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