combination vs alignment

alignment vs combination

combination and alignment both are nouns.

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

As nouns, alignment is a hypernym of combination; that is, alignment is a word with a broader meaning than 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)
alignment: an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty

Other hypernyms of combination include alinement, alliance, coalition.

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

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