composition

Essay or symphony

Composition is the verbal noun from compose and reflects that verb’s many meanings.

A musical composition is the product of composing music; composition generally is the art or craft of doing this.

If you teach composition, it may be this subject, or it may be English composition (writing).

The composition of a substance or any other compound thing is its components and their proportions.

musical

symphony

Extended composition for orchestra

  • sonataMulti-movement instrumental composition
  • concertoSolo-and-orchestra composition
  • opusNumbered artistic creation

score · orchestration · arrangement · melody · harmony · counterpoint · movement · overture · fugue · nocturne

written

essay

Short argumentative prose work

  • manuscriptOriginal text before publication
  • thesisAcademic argument requiring defense
  • draftPreliminary version of text

treatise · dissertation · prose · narrative · editorial · article · paper · opus · paragraph · structure

visual

painting

Pigment on canvas

background · balance · contrast · symmetry · asymmetry · perspective · lighting · arrangement · cropping · layering

synthesis

combination

Joining of multiple elements

mixture · integration · merger · alloy · admixture · hybridization · coalescence · unification · consolidation · melding

chemical

mixture

Combined but unbonded substances

reagent · substance · stoichiometry · concentration · solution · reactant · precipitate · synthesis · analysis · bonding

structure

arrangement

Ordered configuration or agreement

configuration · layout · formation · anatomy · makeup · construction · hierarchy · design · pattern · system

Categories
Opposites
creation vs. destruction

compositiondestruction

Act of completely ruining

demolition · annihilation · damage · disintegration · ruination

ordered structure vs. disorder

compositionchaos

Complete disorder and confusion

disorder · randomness · disarray · jumble · disorganization

synthesis vs. analysis

compositiondecomposition

Breakdown into simpler parts

analysis · disassembly · fragmentation · dissolution · breakdown

Phrases
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decomposition, compositions, compositional, compositing, recomposition, compositionally, musical composition, composition book

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