Story vs. Composition — What's the Difference?

An account of imaginary or real people and events told for entertainment

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

An account of past events in someone's life or in the development of something

The manner in which such parts are combined or related.

The commercial prospects or circumstances of a particular company

General makeup

Variant spelling of storey

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

An account or report regarding the facts of an event or group of events

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

An anecdote

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

A lie

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

A usually fictional prose or verse narrative intended to interest or amuse the hearer or reader; a tale.

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

A short story.

(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 plot of a narrative or dramatic work.

(Linguistics) The formation of compounds from separate words.

A news article or broadcast.

(Printing) Typesetting.

Something viewed as or providing material for a literary or journalistic treatment

The act of putting together; assembly.

The background information regarding something

A mixture or compound; the result of composing.

Romantic legend or tradition

The proportion of different parts to make a whole.

A complete horizontal division of a building, constituting the area between two adjacent floors.

The general makeup of a thing or person.

The set of rooms on the same floor of a building.

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

To decorate with scenes representing historical or legendary events.

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

(Archaic) To tell as a story.

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

An account of real or fictional events.

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

A lie, fiction.

An essay.

A soap opera.

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

(obsolete) History.

A work of music, literature or art.

A sequence of events, or a situation, such as might be related in an account.

(printing) Typesetting.

A chronological collection of pictures or short videos published by a user on an application or website that is typically only available for a short period.

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

(computing) user story

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

To tell as a story; to relate or narrate about.

(obsolete) Consistency; accord; congruity.

A set of rooms on the same floor or level; a floor, or the space between two floors. Also, a horizontal division of a building's exterior considered architecturally, which need not correspond exactly with the stories within.

Synthesis as opposed to analysis.

A narration or recital of that which has occurred; a description of past events; a history; a statement; a record.

The arrangement and flow of elements in a picture.

The relation of an incident or minor event; a short narrative; a tale; especially, a fictitious narrative less elaborate than a novel; a short romance.

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

A euphemism or child's word for "a lie;" a fib; as, to tell a story.

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

To tell in historical relation; to make the subject of a story; to narrate or describe in story.

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

A message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program;

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

A piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events;

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.

Structure consisting of a room or set of rooms comprising a single level of a multilevel building;

Consistency; accord; congruity.

A record or narrative description of past events;

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

A short account of the news;

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.

A trivial lie;

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;