Composition vs. Arrangement

Composition vs. Arrangement — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Composition and Arrangement

Compositionnoun

The act of putting together; assembly.

Arrangementnoun

The act of arranging.

Compositionnoun

A mixture or compound; the result of composing.

Arrangementnoun

The manner of being arranged.

Compositionnoun

The proportion of different parts to make a whole.

Arrangementnoun

A collection of things that have been arranged.

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Compositionnoun

The general makeup of a thing or person.

Arrangementnoun

A particular way in which items are organized.

Compositionnoun

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

Arrangementnoun

(in the plural) Preparations for some undertaking.

Compositionnoun

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

Arrangementnoun

An agreement.

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Compositionnoun

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

Arrangementnoun

(music) An adaptation of a piece of music for other instruments, or in another style.

Compositionnoun

An essay.

Arrangementnoun

the thing arranged or agreed to;

they made arrangements to meet in Chicago

Compositionnoun

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

Arrangementnoun

an orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit; the result of arranging;

a flower arrangement

Compositionnoun

A work of music, literature or art.

Arrangementnoun

an organized structure for arranging or classifying;

he changed the arrangement of the topicsthe facts were familiar but it was in the organization of them that he was originalhe tried to understand their system of classification

Compositionnoun

(printing) Typesetting.

Arrangementnoun

the spatial property of the way in which something is placed;

the arrangement of the furniturethe placement of the chairs

Compositionnoun

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

Arrangementnoun

a piece of music that has been adapted for performance by a particular set of voices or instruments

Compositionnoun

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

Arrangementnoun

the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music

Compositionnoun

(obsolete) Consistency; accord; congruity.

Compositionnoun

Synthesis as opposed to analysis.

Compositionnoun

The arrangement and flow of elements in a picture.

Compositionnoun

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

Compositionnoun

a mixture of ingredients

Compositionnoun

the way in which someone or something is composed

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

Compositionnoun

a musical work that has been created;

the composition is written in four movements

Compositionnoun

musical creation

Compositionnoun

the act of creating written works;

writing was a form of therapy for himit was a matter of disputed authorship

Compositionnoun

art and technique of printing with movable type

Compositionnoun

an essay (especially one written as an assignment);

he got an A on his composition

Compositionnoun

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

he envied the composition of their faculty