Composition vs. Grammar — What's the Difference?

General makeup

A normative or prescriptive set of rules setting forth the current standard of usage for pedagogical or reference purposes.

A work of music, literature, or art, or its structure or organization.

In linguistics, the grammar (from Ancient Greek γραμματική grammatikḗ) of a natural language is its set of structural constraints on speakers' or writers' composition of clauses, phrases, and words. The term can also refer to the study of such constraints, a field that includes domains such as phonology, morphology, and syntax, often complemented by phonetics, semantics, and pragmatics.

The combining of distinct parts or elements to form a whole.

The study of how words and their component parts combine to form sentences.

The manner in which such parts are combined or related.

The study of structural relationships in language or in a language, sometimes including pronunciation, meaning, and linguistic history.

The result or product of composing; a mixture or compound.

The system of inflections, syntax, and word formation of a language.

Arrangement of artistic parts so as to form a unified whole.

The system of rules implicit in a language, viewed as a mechanism for generating all sentences possible in that language.

The art or act of composing a musical or literary work.

Writing or speech judged with regard to such a set of rules.

A short essay, especially one written as an academic exercise.

A book containing the morphologic, syntactic, and semantic rules for a specific language.

(Law) A settlement whereby the creditors of a debtor about to enter bankruptcy agree, in return for some financial consideration, usually proffered immediately, to the discharge of their respective claims on receipt of payment which is in a lesser amount than that actually owed on the claim.

The basic principles of an area of knowledge

(Linguistics) The formation of compounds from separate words.

A book dealing with such principles.

(Printing) Typesetting.

A system of rules and principles for speaking and writing a language.

The act of putting together; assembly.

The study of the internal structure of words (morphology) and the use of words in the construction of phrases and sentences (syntax).

A mixture or compound; the result of composing.

A book describing the rules of grammar of a language.

The proportion of different parts to make a whole.

(computing theory) A formal system specifying the syntax of a language.

The general makeup of a thing or person.

Actual or presumed prescriptive notions about the correct use of a language.

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

(computing theory) A formal system defining a formal language

(obsolete) A payment of money in order to clear a liability or obligation; a settling or fine.

The basic rules or principles of a field of knowledge or a particular skill.

A payment of fine in order to settle a (usually minor) criminal charge.

A book describing these rules or principles; a textbook.

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

(UK) A grammar school.

An essay.

To discourse according to the rules of grammar; to use grammar.

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

The science which treats of the principles of language; the study of forms of speech, and their relations to one another; the art concerned with the right use and application of the rules of a language, in speaking or writing.

A work of music, literature or art.

The art of speaking or writing with correctness or according to established usage; speech considered with regard to the rules of a grammar.

(printing) Typesetting.

A treatise on the principles of language; a book containing the principles and rules for correctness in speaking or writing.

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

Treatise on the elements or principles of any science; as, a grammar of geography.

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

To discourse according to the rules of grammar; to use grammar.

(obsolete) Consistency; accord; congruity.

Studies of the formation of basic linguistic units

Synthesis as opposed to analysis.

The arrangement and flow of elements in a picture.

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

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

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

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

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.

Consistency; accord; congruity.

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

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.

Synthesis as opposed to analysis.

A mixture of ingredients

The way in which someone or something is composed

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

A musical work that has been created;

Musical creation

The act of creating written works;

Art and technique of printing with movable type

An essay (especially one written as an assignment);

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