comprise vs compose
Definitions
verb
- include or contain; have as a component
- form or compose
- be composed of
Examples
For example, lithium, sodium, and potassium comprised a triad of soft, highly reactive metals.
Schedule 3 comprises a number of toxic or precursor chemicals with widespread industrial uses, such as phosgene, hydrogen cyanide, phosphorus trichloride and thionyl chloride.
These new forces have synchronized with the conscious policy of a certain sector of Canadian opinion which has persistently sought to detach us from that quarter of the world's orbit and the world's people comprised in the British federacy.
Definitions
verb
- write music
- put together out of existing material
- form the substance of
- calm (someone, especially oneself); make quiet
- make up plans or basic details for
Examples
The white plates are composed of a very tough but light titanium alloy that provides a good deal of extra protection to the body's vitals.
Band leader, Ray Blue, is also a composer, arranger and performer on tenor, alto and soprano saxophones.
Unlike anything else in his catalog, Aura is a ten-part suite composed by Danish flugelhornist Palle Mikkelbourg as a tribute.
