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Composite vs Composed - What's the difference?

composite | composed |

As adjectives the difference between composite and composed

is that composite is made up of multiple components; compound or complex while composed is showing composure.

As verbs the difference between composite and composed

is that composite is to make a composite while composed is past tense of compose.

As a noun composite

is a mixture of different components.

composite

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Made up of multiple components; compound or complex.
  • (architecture) Being a mixture of Ionic and Corinthian styles.
  • (mathematics) Not prime; having factors.
  • (botany) Being a member of the Asteraceae family (formerly known as Compositae), bearing involucrate heads of many small florets.

    • Derived terms

    * composite bow * composite sketch

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A mixture of different components.
  • A structural material that gains its strength from a combination of complementary materials.
  • (botany) A plant belonging to the family Compositae .
  • (mathematics) A function of a function.
  • (chiefly, law enforcement) A drawing, photograph, or the like, that combines several separate pictures or images.

    • Derived terms

    * DYC

    Verb

    (composit)
  • To make a composite.
    • I composited an image using computer software.

    Related terms

    * compositry ----

    composed

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • showing composure.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=June 4 , author=Phil McNulty , title=England 2 - 2 Switzerland , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Milner and Theo Walcott failed to justify their selection ahead of Aston Villa's Young as they struggled ineffectually in the first half, leaving striker Bent isolated and starved of supply as Switzerland looked the more composed and ordered team.}}

    Verb

    (head)
  • (compose)