The difference between Combination and Division
When used as nouns, combination means the act of combining, the state of being combined or the result of combining, whereas division means the act or process of dividing anything.
check bellow for the other definitions of Combination and Division
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Combination as a noun:
The act of combining, the state of being combined or the result of combining.
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Combination as a noun:
An object formed by combining.
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Combination as a noun:
A sequence of numbers or letters used to open a combination lock.
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Combination as a noun (mathematics):
One or more elements selected from a set without regard to the order of selection.
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Combination as a noun:
An association or alliance of people for some common purpose.
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Combination as a noun (billiards):
A combination shot; a billiard; a shot where the cue ball hits a ball that strikes another ball on the table.
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Combination as a noun:
A motorcycle and sidecar.
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Combination as a noun:
A rapid sequence of punches or strikes in boxing or other combat sports.
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Division as a noun (uncountable):
The act or process of dividing anything.
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Division as a noun:
Each of the separate parts of something resulting from division.
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Division as a noun (arithmetic, uncountable):
The process of dividing a number by another.
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Division as a noun (arithmetic):
A calculation that involves this process.
Examples:
"I've got ten divisions to do for my homework."
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Division as a noun (military):
A formation, usually made up of two or three brigades.
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Division as a noun:
A section of a large company.
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Division as a noun (taxonomy):
A rank below kingdom and above class, particularly used of plants or fungi, also (particularly of animals) called a phylum; a taxon at that rank.
Examples:
"Magnolias belong to the division Magnoliophyta."
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Division as a noun:
A disagreement; a difference of viewpoint between two sides of an argument.
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Division as a noun (government):
A method by which a legislature is separated into groups in order to take a better estimate of vote than a voice vote.
Examples:
"The House of Commons has voted to approve the third reading of the bill without a division. The bill will now progress to the House of Lords."
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Division as a noun (music):
A florid instrumental variation of a melody in the 17th and 18th centuries, originally conceived as the dividing of each of a succession of long notes into several short ones.
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Division as a noun (music):
A set of pipes in a pipe organ which are independently controlled and supplied.
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Division as a noun (legal):
A concept whereby a common group of debtors are only responsible for their proportionate sum of the total debt.
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Division as a noun (computing):
Any of the four major parts of a COBOL program source code
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Division as a noun (UK, Eton College):
A lesson; a class.