Compose vs. Draft

Composeverb

(transitive) To make something by merging parts.

‘The editor composed a historical journal from many individual letters.’;

Draftnoun

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’;

Composeverb

(transitive) To make up the whole; to constitute.

‘A church is composed of its members.’;

Draftnoun

The act of drawing in a net for fish.

Composeverb

To comprise.

Draftnoun

That which is drawn in; a catch, a haul.

‘he cast his net, which brought him a very great draft’;

Composeverb

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.’;

Draftnoun

An early version of a written work (such as a book or e-mail) or drawing; a preliminary sketch or outline.

‘I have to revise the first draft of my term paper.’; ‘His first drafts were better than most authors' final products.’;

Composeverb

To calm; to free from agitation.

‘Try to compose your thoughts.’; ‘The defendant couldn't compose herself and was found in contempt.’;

Draftnoun

(nautical) Depth of water needed to float a ship; depth below the water line to the bottom of a vessel's hull; depth of water drawn by a vessel.

Composeverb

To arrange the elements of a photograph or other picture.

Draftnoun

A current of air, usually coming into a room or vehicle.

Composeverb

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

Draftnoun

Draw through a flue of gasses (smoke) resulting from a combustion process.

Composeverb

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

Draftnoun

An amount of liquid (such as water, alcohol, or medicine) that is drunk in one swallow.

‘She took a deep draft from the bottle of water.’;

Composeverb

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

Draftnoun

Beer drawn from a cask or keg rather than a bottle or can.

Composeverb

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.’;

Draftnoun

A cheque, an order for money to be paid.

Composeverb

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.’;

Draftnoun

Conscription, the system of forcing people to serve in the military.

‘He left the country to avoid the draft.’;

Composeverb

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".’;

Draftnoun

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

Composeverb

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.’;

Draftnoun

(sports) A system of assigning rookie players to professional sports teams.

Composeverb

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.’;

Draftnoun

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

Composeverb

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

Draftnoun

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

Composeverb

To come to terms.

Draftverb

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

Composeverb

form the substance of;

‘Greed and ambition composed his personality’;

Draftverb

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

Composeverb

write music;

‘Beethoven composed nine symphonies’;

Draftverb

To write a law.

Composeverb

produce a literary work;

‘She composed a poem’; ‘He wrote four novels’;

Draftverb

(transitive) To conscript a person, force a person to serve in some capacity, especially in the military.

‘He was drafted during the Vietnam War.’; ‘There was a campaign to draft Smith to run for President.’; ‘They drafted me to be the chairperson of the new committee.’;

Composeverb

put together out of existing material;

‘compile a list’;

Draftverb

To select and separate an animal or animals from a group.

‘The calves were drafted from the cows.’;

Composeverb

calm (someone, especially oneself); make quiet;

‘She had to compose herself before she could reply to this terrible insult’;

Draftverb

To select a rookie player onto a professional sports team.

‘After his last year of college football, he was drafted by the Miami Dolphins.’;

Composeverb

draw up the plans or basic details for;

‘frame a policy’;

Draftverb

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

Composeverb

write or create (a work of art, especially music or poetry)

‘he composed the First Violin Sonata four years earlier’;

Draftverb

To draw out; to call forth.

Composeverb

phrase (a letter or piece of writing) with great care and thought

‘the first sentence is so hard to compose’;

Draftverb

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

Composeverb

form (a whole) by ordering or arranging the parts, especially in an artistic way

‘compose and draw a still life’;

Draftadjective

(not comparable) Referring to drinks on tap, in contrast to bottled.

‘I'd rather have a fresh, cheap draft beer.’;

Composeverb

(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’;

Draftnoun

The act of drawing; also, the thing drawn. Same as Draught.

‘Everything available for draft burden.’;

Composeverb

calm or settle (oneself or one's features or thoughts)

‘she tried to compose herself’;

Draftnoun

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.’;

Composeverb

settle (a dispute)

‘the king, with some difficulty, composed this difference’;

Draftnoun

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.’;

Composeverb

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’;

Draftnoun

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

Draftnoun

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

Draftnoun

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

Draftnoun

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

Draftnoun

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

Draftnoun

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

Draftnoun

A current of air. Same as Draught.

Draftnoun

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

Draftnoun

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

Draftnoun

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.

Draftadjective

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

Draftadjective

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

Draftverb

To draw the outline of; to delineate.

Draftverb

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

Draftverb

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.’;

Draftverb

To transfer by draft.

‘All her rents been drafted to London.’;

Draftnoun

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

Draftnoun

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

Draftnoun

a preliminary sketch of a design or picture

Draftnoun

a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg;

‘they served beer on draft’;

Draftnoun

preliminary version of a written work

Draftnoun

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

Draftnoun

a regulator for controlling the flow of air in a fireplace

Draftnoun

a dose of liquid medicine;

‘he took a sleeping draft’;

Draftnoun

compulsory military service

Draftnoun

a large and hurried swallow;

‘he finished it at a single gulp’;

Draftnoun

the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling

Draftverb

draw up an outline or sketch for something;

‘draft a speech’;

Draftverb

engage somebody to enter the army

Draftverb

make a blueprint of