combination vs social unit

social unit vs combination

combination and social unit both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
combination	Yes	No	No	No
social unit	Yes	No	No	No

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

combination: a group of people (often temporary) having a common purpose
social unit: an organization regarded as part of a larger social group

Other hypernyms of combination include unit.

combination (noun)	social unit (noun)
the act of combining things to form a new whole	an organization regarded as part of a larger social group
the act of arranging elements into specified groups without regard to order
a collection of things that have been combined; an assemblage of separate parts or qualities
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 combination and social unit

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