combination vs accumulation

accumulation vs combination

combination and accumulation both are nouns.

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

As nouns, accumulation is a hypernym of combination; that is, accumulation is a word with a broader meaning than combination:

combination: a collection of things that have been combined; an assemblage of separate parts or qualities
accumulation: several things grouped together or considered as a whole

Other hypernyms of combination include aggregation, assemblage, collection.

combination (noun)	accumulation (noun)
the act of combining things to form a new whole	the act of accumulating
the act of arranging elements into specified groups without regard to order	several things grouped together or considered as a whole
a collection of things that have been combined; an assemblage of separate parts or qualities	(finance) profits that are not paid out as dividends but are added to the capital base of the corporation
a group of people (often temporary) having a common purpose	an increase by natural growth or addition
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

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