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Langtraveler Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary
constitute / compose
Hello.
I wonder if there's any difference between "constitute" and "compose."
While the Oxford dictionary says constitute means combine to form, amount to or add up to, which feels something dense, it says compose means make up or form, which feels quite plain relative to the formers.
Are they different in terms of nuance?
Thank you.
I wonder if there's any difference between "constitute" and "compose."
While the Oxford dictionary says constitute means combine to form, amount to or add up to, which feels something dense, it says compose means make up or form, which feels quite plain relative to the formers.
Are they different in terms of nuance?
Thank you.
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The dictionary uses phrases rather than sentences to define word meanings. “Constitute means become combined to form, amount to, or add up to…” “Compose means to make up or to form…” Compose – put together the words to comprise a sentence. A person acts upon the words.
- The dictionary uses phrases rather than sentences to define word meanings.
- “Constitute means become combined to form, amount to, or add up to…” “Compose means to make up or to form…” Compose – put together the words to comprise a sentence.
- A person acts upon the words.
- Constitute – those composed words now become /form the completed sentence.
- The words are becoming/have become the sentence.
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The dictionary uses phrases rather than sentences to define word meanings.
“Constitute means become combined to form, amount to, or add up to…”
“Compose means to make up or to form…”
Compose – put together the words to comprise a sentence. A person acts upon the words.
Constitute – those composed words now become/form the completed sentence.
“Constitute means become combined to form, amount to, or add up to…”
“Compose means to make up or to form…”
Compose – put together the words to comprise a sentence. A person acts upon the words.
Constitute – those composed words now become/form the completed sentence.
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