Compound vs. Composition — What's the Difference?

To combine so as to form a whole; mix

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

To produce or create by combining two or more ingredients or parts; compose or make up

The manner in which such parts are combined or related.

To settle (a debt, for example) by agreeing on an amount less than the claim; adjust.

General makeup

To compute (interest) on the principal and accrued interest.

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

To add to or intensify so as to make worse

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

To make worse by being an additional or intensifying factor

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

To combine in or form a compound.

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

To come to terms; agree.

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

Consisting of two or more substances, ingredients, elements, or parts.

(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.

(Botany) Composed of more than one part

(Linguistics) The formation of compounds from separate words.

A combination of two or more elements or parts.

(Printing) Typesetting.

(Linguistics) A word that consists either of two or more elements that are independent words, such as loudspeaker, self-portrait, or high school, or of specially modified combining forms of words, such as Greek philosophia, from philo-, "loving," and sophia, "wisdom."

The act of putting together; assembly.

(Chemistry) A pure, macroscopically homogeneous substance consisting of atoms or ions of two or more different elements in definite proportions that cannot be separated by physical means. A compound usually has properties unlike those of its constituent elements.

A mixture or compound; the result of composing.

A building or buildings, especially a residence or group of residences, set off and enclosed by a barrier.

The proportion of different parts to make a whole.

An enclosed area used for confining prisoners of war.

The general makeup of a thing or person.

An enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined.

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

An enclosure for secure storage.

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

A group of buildings situated close together, e.g. for a school or block of offices.

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

Anything made by combining several things.

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

(chemistry) A substance formed by chemical bonding of two or more elements in definite proportions by weight.

An essay.

A substance made from any combination of ingredients.

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

(linguistics) A lexeme that consists of more than one stem.

A work of music, literature or art.

(linguistics) A lexeme that consists of more than one stem or an affix, e.g. bookshop, high school or non-standard.

(printing) Typesetting.

(rail) A compound locomotive, a steam locomotive with both high-pressure and low-pressure cylinders.

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

Composed of elements; not simple.

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

(math) Dealing with numbers of various denominations of quantity, or with processes more complex than the simple process.

(obsolete) Consistency; accord; congruity.

(music) An octave higher than originally (i.e. a compound major second is equivalent to a major ninth).

Synthesis as opposed to analysis.

(transitive) To form (a resulting mixture) by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts; to mingle with something else.

The arrangement and flow of elements in a picture.

To settle by agreeing on less than the claim, or on different terms than those stipulated.

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

(transitive) To settle amicably; to adjust by agreement.

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

(intransitive) To come to terms of agreement; to settle by a compromise.

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

To compose; to constitute.

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

To increase in value with interest, where the interest is earned on both the principal sum and prior earned interest.

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.

To worsen a situation.

Consistency; accord; congruity.

Of a horse: to fail to maintain speed.

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

In the East Indies, an inclosure containing a house, outbuildings, etc.

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.

That which is compounded or formed by the union or mixture of elements ingredients, or parts; a combination of simples; a compound word; the result of composition.

Synthesis as opposed to analysis.

A union of two or more ingredients in definite proportions by weight, so combined as to form a distinct substance; as, water is a compound of oxygen and hydrogen.

A mixture of ingredients

To form or make by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts; as, to compound a medicine.

The way in which someone or something is composed

To put together, as elements, ingredients, or parts, in order to form a whole; to combine, mix, or unite.

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

To modify or change by combination with some other thing or part; to mingle with something else.

A musical work that has been created;

To compose; to constitute.

Musical creation

To settle amicably; to adjust by agreement; to compromise; to discharge from obligation upon terms different from those which were stipulated; as, to compound a debt.

The act of creating written works;

To effect a composition; to come to terms of agreement; to agree; to settle by a compromise; - usually followed by with before the person participating, and for before the thing compounded or the consideration.

Art and technique of printing with movable type

Composed of two or more elements, ingredients, parts; produced by the union of several ingredients, parts, or things; composite; as, a compound word.

An essay (especially one written as an assignment);

(chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight

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

A whole formed by a union of two or more elements or parts

An enclosure of residences and other building (especially in the Orient)

Make more intense, stronger, or more marked;

Put or add together;

Calculate principal and interest

Create by mixing or combining

Combine so as to form a whole; mix;

Of leaf shapes; of leaves composed of several similar parts or lobes

Consisting of two or more substances or ingredients or elements or parts;

Composed of many distinct individuals united to form a whole or colony;