Compose vs. Write — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Compose and Write
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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
Write
Mark (letters, words, or other symbols) on a surface, typically paper, with a pen, pencil, or similar implement
Alice wrote down the address
He wrote his name on the paper
He wrote very neatly in blue ink
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
Write
Compose, write, and send (a letter) to someone
I wrote him a short letter
Eleanor wrote to her sister Laura in Paris
I wrote a letter to Alison
He wrote almost every day
Compose
Calm or settle (oneself or one's features or thoughts)
She tried to compose herself
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Write
Compose (a text or work) for written or printed reproduction or publication; put into literary form and set down in writing
She wrote a bestselling novel
He wrote under a pseudonym
I didn't know you wrote poetry
He had written about the beauty of Andalusia
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
Write
Enter (data) into a specified storage medium or location in store
Files can be read and written directly into the file system
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.
Write
Underwrite (an insurance policy).
Compose
To make or create by putting together parts or elements.
Write
To form (letters, words, or symbols) on a surface such as paper with an instrument such as a pen.
Compose
To create or produce (a literary or musical piece).
Write
To form (letters or words) in cursive style, especially in contrast to printing by hand.
Compose
To make (oneself) calm or tranquil
Compose yourself and deal with the problems logically.
Write
To spell
How do you write your name?.
Compose
To settle or adjust; reconcile
They managed to compose their differences.
Write
To fill (an amount of space) with words or information
Wrote five pages in an hour.
Compose
To arrange aesthetically or artistically.
Write
To put written information in the blank spaces of (a check, form, or similar document).
Compose
(Printing) To arrange or set (type or matter to be printed).
Write
To produce or compose (text) in a recorded form that can be read
Write a poem.
Write a letter.
Compose
To create a literary or musical piece.
Write
To express in writing; set down
Write one's thoughts.
Compose
(Printing) To set type.
Write
To communicate by writing, especially by written letter
She wrote that she was planning to visit.
Compose
(transitive) To make something by merging parts.
The editor composed a historical journal from many individual letters.
Write
To communicate with (someone) by writing, especially by letter
Wrote me to tell me she had moved again.
Compose
(transitive) To make up the whole; to constitute.
A church is composed of its members.
Write
To compose (a musical work).
Compose
To comprise.
Write
To underwrite, as an insurance policy.
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.
Write
To compose in legal form; draft
Write a will.
Compose
To calm; to free from agitation.
Try to compose your thoughts.
The defendant couldn't compose herself and was found in contempt.
Write
To indicate; mark
"Utter dejection was written on every face" (Winston S. Churchill).
Compose
To arrange the elements of a photograph or other picture.
Write
To ordain or prophesy
It was written that the empire would fall.
Compose
To settle (an argument, dispute etc.); to come to a settlement.
Write
(Computers) To transfer or copy (information) from memory to a storage device or output device.
Compose
To arrange in proper form; to reduce to order; to put in proper state or condition.
Write
To trace or form letters, words, or symbols on paper or another surface
People who cannot read or write.
Compose
To arrange (types) in a composing stick for printing; to typeset.
Write
To produce written material, such as articles or books
She wrote for most of her adult life.
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.
Write
To compose a letter, email, or other written communication
Please write while you are away.
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.
Write
(ambitransitive) To form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate.
The pupil wrote his name on the paper.
Your son has been writing on the wall.
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".
Write
(transitive) To be the author of (a book, article, poem, etc.).
My uncle writes newspaper articles for The Herald.
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.
Write
(transitive) To send written information to.
(UK) Please write to me when you get there.
(US) Please write me when you get there.
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.
Write
(transitive) To show (information, etc) in written form.
The due day of the homework is written in the syllabus.
Compose
To arrange (types) in a composing stick in order for printing; to set (type).
Write
To convey a fact to someone via writing.
Jimmy wrote me that he needs more money.
Compose
To come to terms.
Write
(intransitive) To be an author.
I write for a living.
Compose
Form the substance of;
Greed and ambition composed his personality
Write
To record data mechanically or electronically.
The computer writes to the disk faster than it reads from it.
Compose
Write music;
Beethoven composed nine symphonies
Write
To fill in, to complete using words.
I was very anxious to know my score after I wrote the test.
Compose
Produce a literary work;
She composed a poem
He wrote four novels
Write
To impress durably; to imprint; to engrave.
Truth written on the heart
Compose
Put together out of existing material;
Compile a list
Write
To make known by writing; to record; to prove by one's own written testimony; often used reflexively.
Compose
Calm (someone, especially oneself); make quiet;
She had to compose herself before she could reply to this terrible insult
Write
(finance) To sell (an option or other derivative).
Compose
Draw up the plans or basic details for;
Frame a policy
Write
To paint a religious icon.
Write
The act or style of writing.
Write
(computing) The operation of storing data, as in memory or onto disk.
How many writes per second can this hard disk handle?
Write
To set down, as legible characters; to form the conveyance of meaning; to inscribe on any material by a suitable instrument; as, to write the characters called letters; to write figures.
Write
To set down for reading; to express in legible or intelligible characters; to inscribe; as, to write a deed; to write a bill of divorcement; hence, specifically, to set down in an epistle; to communicate by letter.
Last night she enjoined me to write some lines to one she loves.
I chose to write the thing I durst not speakTo her I loved.
Write
Hence, to compose or produce, as an author.
I purpose to write the history of England from the accession of King James the Second down to a time within the memory of men still living.
Write
To impress durably; to imprint; to engrave; as, truth written on the heart.
Write
To make known by writing; to record; to prove by one's own written testimony; - often used reflexively.
He who writes himself by his own inscription is like an ill painter, who, by writing on a shapeless picture which he hath drawn, is fain to tell passengers what shape it is, which else no man could imagine.
Write
To form characters, letters, or figures, as representative of sounds or ideas; to express words and sentences by written signs.
So it stead you, I will write,Please you command.
Write
To be regularly employed or occupied in writing, copying, or accounting; to act as clerk or amanuensis; as, he writes in one of the public offices.
Write
To frame or combine ideas, and express them in written words; to play the author; to recite or relate in books; to compose.
They can write up to the dignity and character of the authors.
Write
To compose or send letters.
He wrote for all the Jews that went out of his realm up into Jewry concerning their freedom.
Write
Produce a literary work;
She composed a poem
He wrote four novels
Write
Communicate or express by writing;
Please write to me every week
Write
Have (one's written work) issued for publication;
How many books did Georges Simenon write?
She published 25 books during her long career
Write
Communicate (with) in writing;
Write her soon, please!
Write
Communicate by letter;
He wrote that he would be coming soon
Write
Write music;
Beethoven composed nine symphonies
Write
Mark or trace on a surface;
The artist wrote Chinese characters on a big piece of white paper
Write
Record data on a computer;
Boot-up instructions are written on the hard disk
Write
Write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word);
He spelled the word wrong in this letter
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