union vs combination

combination vs union

union and combination both are nouns.

union is an adjective but combination is not an adjective.

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

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

union: the act of making or becoming a single unit
combination: the act of combining things to form a new whole

Other hypernyms of union include combining, compounding.

union (noun)	combination (noun)
the act of making or becoming a single unit	the act of combining things to form a new whole
the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes	the act of arranging elements into specified groups without regard to order
a device on a national flag emblematic of the union of two or more sovereignties (typically in the upper inner corner)	a collection of things that have been combined; an assemblage of separate parts or qualities
the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts	a group of people (often temporary) having a common purpose
an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer	a sequence of numbers or letters that opens a combination lock
a political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations	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 set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets	a coordinated sequence of chess moves
healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones
the state of being joined or united or linked
the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)

union (adjective)	combination (adjective)
of trade unions

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