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Compose vs. Draft — What's the Difference?

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Compose

Write or create (a work of art, especially music or poetry)
He composed the First Violin Sonata four years earlier

Draft

A current of air in an enclosed area.

Compose

(of elements) constitute or make up (a whole, or a specified part of it)
Christians compose 40 per cent of the state's population
The National Congress is composed of ten senators

Draft

A device that regulates the flow or circulation of air.

Compose

Calm or settle (oneself or one's features or thoughts)
She tried to compose herself
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Draft

The act of pulling loads; traction.

Compose

Prepare (a text) for printing by manually, mechanically, or electronically setting up the letters and other characters in the order to be printed
In offices where close-set text was composed both men and women pieceworkers were normally employed

Draft

Something that is pulled or drawn; a load.

Compose

To make up the constituent parts of; constitute or form
An exhibit composed of French paintings.
The many ethnic groups that compose our nation. See Usage Note at comprise.

Draft

A team of animals used to pull loads.

Compose

To make or create by putting together parts or elements.

Draft

(Nautical)The depth of a vessel's keel below the water line, especially when loaded
A river vessel of shallow draft.

Compose

To create or produce (a literary or musical piece).

Draft

A heavy demand on resources.

Compose

To make (oneself) calm or tranquil
Compose yourself and deal with the problems logically.

Draft

A written order directing the payment of money from an account or fund.

Compose

To settle or adjust; reconcile
They managed to compose their differences.

Draft

A gulp, swallow, or inhalation.

Compose

To arrange aesthetically or artistically.

Draft

The amount taken in by a single act of drinking or inhaling.

Compose

(Printing) To arrange or set (type or matter to be printed).

Draft

A measured portion; a dose.

Compose

To create a literary or musical piece.

Draft

The drawing of a liquid, as from a cask or keg.

Compose

(Printing) To set type.

Draft

An amount drawn
Ordered two drafts of ale.

Compose

(transitive) To make something by merging parts.
The editor composed a historical journal from many individual letters.

Draft

The process or method of selecting one or more individuals from a group, as for a service or duty
A candidate who did not pursue the nomination, but accepted a draft by the party convention.

Compose

(transitive) To make up the whole; to constitute.
A church is composed of its members.

Draft

Compulsory enrollment in the armed forces; conscription.

Compose

To comprise.

Draft

A body of people selected or conscripted.

Compose

To construct by mental labor; to think up; particularly, to produce or create a literary or musical work.
The orator composed his speech over the week prior.
Nine numbered symphonies, including the Fifth, were composed by Beethoven.
It's difficult to compose without absolute silence.

Draft

(Sports)A system in which the exclusive rights to new players are distributed among professional teams.

Compose

To calm; to free from agitation.
Try to compose your thoughts.
The defendant couldn't compose herself and was found in contempt.

Draft

The act of drawing in a fishing net.

Compose

To arrange the elements of a photograph or other picture.

Draft

The quantity of fish caught.

Compose

To settle (an argument, dispute etc.); to come to a settlement.

Draft

Any of various stages in the development of a plan, document, or picture
A preliminary draft of a report.
The final draft of a paper.

Compose

To arrange in proper form; to reduce to order; to put in proper state or condition.

Draft

A representation of something to be constructed.

Compose

To arrange (types) in a composing stick for printing; to typeset.

Draft

A narrow line chiseled on a stone to guide a stonecutter in leveling its surface.

Compose

To form by putting together two or more things or parts; to put together; to make up; to fashion.
Zeal ought to be composed of the highest degrees of all pious affection.

Draft

A slight taper given a die to facilitate the removal of a casting.

Compose

To form the substance of, or part of the substance of; to constitute.
Their borrowed gold composedThe calf in Oreb.
A few useful things . . . compose their intellectual possessions.

Draft

An allowance made for loss in weight of merchandise.

Compose

To construct by mental labor; to design and execute, or put together, in a manner involving the adaptation of forms of expression to ideas, or to the laws of harmony or proportion; as, to compose a sentence, a sermon, a symphony, or a picture.
Let me composeSomething in verse as well as prose.
The genius that composed such works as the "Standard" and "Last Supper".

Draft

To select from a group for some usually compulsory service
Drafted into the army.

Compose

To dispose in proper form; to reduce to order; to put in proper state or condition; to adjust; to regulate.
In a peaceful grave my corpse compose.
How in safety best we mayCompose our present evils.

Draft

To select from a group for placement on a sports team.

Compose

To free from agitation or disturbance; to tranquilize; to soothe; to calm; to quiet.
Compose thy mind;Nor frauds are here contrived, nor force designed.

Draft

To draw up a preliminary version of or plan for.

Compose

To arrange (types) in a composing stick in order for printing; to set (type).

Draft

To create by thinking and writing; compose
Draft a speech.

Compose

To come to terms.

Draft

To work as a drafter.

Compose

Form the substance of;
Greed and ambition composed his personality

Draft

To move, ride, or drive close behind a fast-moving object so as to take advantage of the slipstream, especially in a race.

Compose

Write music;
Beethoven composed nine symphonies

Draft

Suited for or used for drawing heavy loads
Oxen and other draft animals.

Compose

Produce a literary work;
She composed a poem
He wrote four novels

Draft

Drawn from a cask or tap
Draft beer.

Compose

Put together out of existing material;
Compile a list

Draft

(US spelling) A current of air, usually coming into a room or vehicle.

Compose

Calm (someone, especially oneself); make quiet;
She had to compose herself before she could reply to this terrible insult

Draft

(US spelling) The draw through a flue of gasses (smoke) resulting from a combustion process.

Compose

Draw up the plans or basic details for;
Frame a policy

Draft

(US spelling) An act of drinking.

Draft

(US spelling) The quantity of liquid (such as water, alcohol, or medicine) drunk in one swallow.
To drink at a draft
She took a deep draft from the bottle of water.

Draft

(US spelling) A dose (of medicine, alcohol, etc.).

Draft

(US spelling) Liquid, especially beer or other alcohol, drawn from a cask or keg rather than a bottle or can.

Draft

The depth of water needed to float a particular ship; the depth from the waterline to the bottom of a vessel's hull; the depth of water drawn by a vessel.

Draft

An early version of a written work (such as a book or e-mail) or drawing.
I have to revise the first draft of my term paper.
His first drafts were better than most authors' final products.

Draft

A preliminary sketch or outline for a plan.

Draft

A cheque, an order for money to be paid.

Draft

Conscription, the system of forcing people to serve in the military.
He left the country to avoid the draft.

Draft

A system of forcing or convincing people to take an elected position.

Draft

A system of assigning rookie players to professional sports teams.

Draft

The pulling force (tension) on couplers and draft gear during a slack stretched condition.

Draft

The bevel given to the pattern for a casting, so that it can be drawn from the sand without damaging the mould.

Draft

The action or an act (especially of a beast of burden or vehicle) of pulling something along or back.
Using oxen for draft
Shot forth an arrow with a mighty draft

Draft

The act of drawing in a net for fish.

Draft

That which is drawn in; a catch, a haul.
He cast his net, which brought him a very great draft.

Draft

A quantity that is requisitioned or drawn out from a larger population.

Draft

(transitive) To write a first version, make a preliminary sketch.

Draft

To draw in outline; to make a draught, sketch, or plan of, as in architectural and mechanical drawing.

Draft

To write a law.

Draft

To conscript a person, force a person to serve in some capacity, especially in the military.
He was drafted during the Vietnam War.

Draft

To select someone (or something) for a particular role or purpose.
There was a campaign to draft Smith to run for President.
They drafted me to be the chairperson of the new committee.

Draft

To select and separate an animal or animals from a group.
The calves were drafted from the cows.

Draft

To select a rookie player onto a professional sports team.
After his last year of college football, he was drafted by the Miami Dolphins.

Draft

(ambitransitive) To follow very closely (behind another vehicle), thereby providing an aerodynamic advantage to both lead and follower and conserving energy or increasing speed.

Draft

To draw out; to call forth.

Draft

To draw fibers out of a clump, for spinning in the production of yarn.

Draft

(not comparable) Referring to drinks on tap, in contrast to bottled.
I'd rather have a fresh, cheap draft beer.

Draft

Referring to animals used for pulling heavy loads.
A Clydesdale is a draft horse.

Draft

The act of drawing; also, the thing drawn. Same as Draught.
Everything available for draft burden.

Draft

A selecting or detaching of soldiers from an army, or from any part of it, or from a military post; also from any district, or any company or collection of persons, or from the people at large; also, the body of men thus drafted.
Several of the States had supplied the deficiency by drafts to serve for the year.

Draft

An order from one person or party to another, directing the payment of money; a bill of exchange.
I thought it most prudent to defer the drafts till advice was received of the progress of the loan.

Draft

An allowance or deduction made from the gross weight of goods.

Draft

A drawing of lines for a plan; a plan delineated, or drawn in outline; a delineation. See Draught.

Draft

The form of any writing as first drawn up; the first rough sketch of written composition, to be filled in, or completed. See Draught.

Draft

A narrow border left on a finished stone, worked differently from the rest of its face.

Draft

The slant given to the furrows in the dress of a millstone.

Draft

Depth of water necessary to float a ship. See Draught.

Draft

A current of air. Same as Draught.

Draft

A quantity of liquid poured out for drinking; a dose.

Draft

The act of drawing a quantity of liquid from a large container; also, the quantity of liquid so drawn.

Draft

A device for regulating the flow of gases in a chimney, stovepipe, fireplace, etc.; as, to close the chimney draft. It is usually a flat plate of the same internal dimensions as the flue, which can be rotated to be parallel to or perpendicular to the current of gases.

Draft

Pertaining to, or used for, drawing or pulling (as vehicles, loads, etc.). Same as Draught; as, a draft horse.

Draft

Relating to, or characterized by, a draft, or current of air. Same as Draught.

Draft

To draw the outline of; to delineate.

Draft

To compose and write; as, to draft a memorial.

Draft

To draw from a military band or post, or from any district, company, or society; to detach; to select; especially, to compulsorily select and induct members of a population to serve in the armed forces.
HotLips Houlihan: How did a degenerate person like him achieve such a position of responsibility in the army?Radar: He was drafted.
Some royal seminary in Upper Egypt, from whence they drafted novices to supply their colleges and temples.

Draft

To transfer by draft.
All her rents been drafted to London.

Draft

A document ordering the payment of money; drawn by one person or bank on another

Draft

A current of air (usually coming into a room or vehicle)

Draft

A preliminary sketch of a design or picture

Draft

A serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg;
They served beer on draft

Draft

Preliminary version of a written work

Draft

The depth of a vessel's keel below the surface (especially when loaded)

Draft

A regulator for controlling the flow of air in a fireplace

Draft

A dose of liquid medicine;
He took a sleeping draft

Draft

Compulsory military service

Draft

A large and hurried swallow;
He finished it at a single gulp

Draft

The act of moving a load by drawing or pulling

Draft

Draw up an outline or sketch for something;
Draft a speech

Draft

Engage somebody to enter the army

Draft

Make a blueprint of

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