comprise vs compose
Definitions
verb
- include or contain; have as a component
- form or compose
- be composed of
Examples
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.
The 60 mostly uninhabited islands which comprise the group lie within an area only 20 miles square.
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
Band leader, Ray Blue, is also a composer, arranger and performer on tenor, alto and soprano saxophones.
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.
Unlike anything else in his catalog, Aura is a ten-part suite composed by Danish flugelhornist Palle Mikkelbourg as a tribute.
