Composition vs. Design

Compositionnoun

The act of putting together; assembly.

Designnoun

A specification of an object or process, referring to requirements to be satisfied and thus conditions to be met for them to solve a problem.

Compositionnoun

A mixture or compound; the result of composing.

Designnoun

A pattern, as an element of a work of art or architecture.

Compositionnoun

The proportion of different parts to make a whole.

Designnoun

The composition of a work of art.

Compositionnoun

The general makeup of a thing or person.

Designnoun

Intention or plot.

‘To be hateful of the truth by design.’;

Compositionnoun

(obsolete) An agreement or treaty used to settle differences; later especially, an agreement to stop hostilities; a truce.

Designnoun

The shape or appearance given to an object, especially one that is intended to make it more attractive.

Compositionnoun

(obsolete) An agreement to pay money in order to clear a liability or obligation; a settling.

Designnoun

The art of designing

‘Danish furniture design is world-famous.’;

Compositionnoun

(legal) an agreement or compromise by which a creditor or group of creditors accepts partial payment from a debtor.

Designverb

(transitive) To plan and carry out (a picture, work of art, construction etc.).

Compositionnoun

An essay.

Designverb

To plan (to do something).

‘The king designed to mount an expedition to the New World.’;

Compositionnoun

(linguistics) The formation of compound words from separate words.

Designverb

To assign, appoint (something to someone); to designate.

Compositionnoun

A work of music, literature or art.

Designverb

To mark out and exhibit; to designate; to indicate; to show; to point out; to appoint.

Compositionnoun

(printing) Typesetting.

Designverb

To draw preliminary outline or main features of; to sketch for a pattern or model; to delineate; to trace out; to draw.

Compositionnoun

(mathematics) Applying a function to the result of another.

Designverb

To mark out and exhibit; to designate; to indicate; to show; to point out; to appoint.

‘We shall seeJustice design the victor's chivalry.’; ‘Meet me to-morrow where the masterAnd this fraternity shall design.’;

Compositionnoun

(physics) The compounding of two velocities or forces into a single equivalent velocity or force.

Designverb

To create or produce, as a work of art; to form a plan or scheme of; to form in idea; to invent; to project; to lay out in the mind; as, a man designs an essay, a poem, a statue, or a cathedral.

Compositionnoun

(obsolete) Consistency; accord; congruity.

Designverb

To intend or purpose; - usually with for before the remote object, but sometimes with to.

‘Ask of politicians the end for which laws were originally designed.’; ‘He was designed to the study of the law.’;

Compositionnoun

Synthesis as opposed to analysis.

Designverb

To form a design or designs; to plan.

Compositionnoun

The arrangement and flow of elements in a picture.

Designnoun

A preliminary sketch; an outline or pattern of the main features of something to be executed, as of a picture, a building, or a decoration; a delineation; a plan.

Compositionnoun

(object-oriented programming) Way to combine simple objects or data types into more complex ones.

Designnoun

A plan or scheme formed in the mind of something to be done; preliminary conception; idea intended to be expressed in a visible form or carried into action; intention; purpose; - often used in a bad sense for evil intention or purpose; scheme; plot.

‘The vast design and purpos of the King.’; ‘The leaders of that assembly who withstood the designs of a besotted woman.’; ‘A . . . settled design upon another man's life.’; ‘How little he could guess the secret designs of the court!’;

Compositionnoun

The act or art of composing, or forming a whole or integral, by placing together and uniting different things, parts, or ingredients.

Designnoun

Specifically, intention or purpose as revealed or inferred from the adaptation of means to an end; as, the argument from design.

Compositionnoun

The state of being put together or composed; conjunction; combination; adjustment.

‘View them in composition with other things.’; ‘The elementary composition of bodies.’;

Designnoun

The realization of an inventive or decorative plan; esp., a work of decorative art considered as a new creation; conception or plan shown in completed work; as, this carved panel is a fine design, or of a fine design.

Compositionnoun

A mass or body formed by combining two or more substances; as, a chemical composition.

‘A composition that looks . . . like marble.’;

Designnoun

The invention and conduct of the subject; the disposition of every part, and the general order of the whole.

‘Is he a prudent man . . . that lays designs only for a day, without any prospect to the remaining part of his life?’; ‘I wish others the same intention, and greater successes.’; ‘It is the purpose that makes strong the vow.’;

Compositionnoun

A literary, musical, or artistic production, especially one showing study and care in arrangement; - often used of an elementary essay or translation done as an educational exercise.

Designnoun

the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan);

‘he contributed to the design of a new instrument’;

Compositionnoun

Consistency; accord; congruity.

‘There is no composition in these newsThat gives them credit.’;

Designnoun

an arrangement scheme;

‘the awkward design of the keyboard made operation difficult’; ‘it was an excellent design for living’; ‘a plan for seating guests’;

Compositionnoun

Mutual agreement to terms or conditions for the settlement of a difference or controversy; also, the terms or conditions of settlement; agreement.

‘Thus we are agreed:I crave our composition may be written.’;

Designnoun

something intended as a guide for making something else;

‘a blueprint for a house’; ‘a pattern for a skirt’;

Compositionnoun

The adjustment of a debt, or avoidance of an obligation, by some form of compensation agreed on between the parties; also, the sum or amount of compensation agreed upon in the adjustment.

‘Compositions for not taking the order of knighthood.’; ‘Cleared by composition with their creditors.’;

Designnoun

a decorative or artistic work;

‘the coach had a design on the doors’;

Compositionnoun

Synthesis as opposed to analysis.

‘The investigation of difficult things by the method of analysis ought ever to precede the method of composition.’;

Designnoun

an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions;

‘his intent was to provide a new translation’; ‘good intentions are not enough’; ‘it was created with the conscious aim of answering immediate needs’; ‘he made no secret of his designs’;

Compositionnoun

a mixture of ingredients

Designnoun

a preliminary sketch indicating the plan for something;

‘the design of a building’;

Compositionnoun

the way in which someone or something is composed

Designnoun

the creation of something in the mind

Compositionnoun

the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole;

‘harmonious composition is essential in a serious work of art’;

Designverb

make or work out a plan for; devise;

‘They contrived to murder their boss’; ‘design a new sales strategy’; ‘plan an attack’;

Compositionnoun

a musical work that has been created;

‘the composition is written in four movements’;

Designverb

design something for a specific role or purpose or effect;

‘This room is not designed for work’;

Compositionnoun

musical creation

Designverb

create the design for; create or execute in an artistic or highly skilled manner;

‘Chanel designed the famous suit’;

Compositionnoun

the act of creating written works;

‘writing was a form of therapy for him’; ‘it was a matter of disputed authorship’;

Designverb

make a design of; plan out in systematic, often graphic form;

‘design a better mousetrap’; ‘plan the new wing of the museum’;

Compositionnoun

art and technique of printing with movable type

Designverb

create designs;

‘Dupont designs for the house of Chanel’;

Compositionnoun

an essay (especially one written as an assignment);

‘he got an A on his composition’;

Designverb

conceive or fashion in the mind; invent;

‘She designed a good excuse for not attending classes that day’;

Compositionnoun

something that is created by arranging several things to form a unified whole;

‘he envied the composition of their faculty’;

Designverb

intend or have as a purpose;

‘She designed to go far in the world of business’;

Designnoun

a plan or drawing produced to show the look and function or workings of a building, garment, or other object before it is made

‘he has just unveiled his design for the new museum’;

Designnoun

the art or action of conceiving of and producing a plan or drawing of something before it is made

‘good design can help the reader understand complicated information’;

Designnoun

the arrangement of the features of an artefact, as produced from following a plan or drawing

‘inside, the design reverts to turn-of-the-century luxe’;

Designnoun

a decorative pattern

‘pottery with a lovely blue and white design’;

Designnoun

purpose or planning that exists behind an action, fact, or object

‘the appearance of design in the universe’;

Designverb

decide upon the look and functioning of (a building, garment, or other object), by making a detailed drawing of it

‘a number of architectural students were designing a factory’;

Designverb

do or plan (something) with a specific purpose in mind

‘the tax changes were designed to stimulate economic growth’;

Design

A design is a plan or specification for the construction of an object or system or for the implementation of an activity or process, or the result of that plan or specification in the form of a prototype, product or process. The verb to design expresses the process of developing a design.