append vs combine

append

verb
  • To add, as an accessory to the principal thing; to annex 

  • To write more data to the end of a pre-existing file, string, or other object. 

  • To hang or attach to, as by a string, so that the thing is suspended 

noun
  • An instance of writing more data to the end of an existing file. 

combine

verb
  • To have two or more things or properties that function together. 

  • In the game of casino, to play a card which will take two or more cards whose aggregate number of pips equals those of the card played. 

  • To come together; to unite. 

  • To bring (two or more things or activities) together; to unite. 

noun
  • Especially, a joint enterprise of whatever legal form for a purpose of business or in any way promoting the interests of the participants, sometimes with monopolistic or fraudulent intentions. 

  • An artwork falling between painting and sculpture, having objects embedded into a painted surface. 

  • An industrial conglomeration in a socialist country, particularly in the former Soviet bloc. 

  • A Test match in which applicants play in the hope of earning a position on a professional football team. 

  • A combine harvester 

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