Mix vs Composition - What's the difference?

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Mix is a related term of composition.

As nouns the difference between mix and composition

is that mix is mix while composition is the proportion of different parts to make a whole.

mix

English

(wikipedia mix)

Alternative forms

* mixe (archaic)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) mixen, from (etyl) mixian, Skeat, An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language , "Mix.". More at mash.

Verb

To stir two or more substances together.

To combine items from two or more sources normally kept separate.

* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

fair persuasions mixed with sugared words

* {{quote-book, year=1935, author= George Goodchild

, title=Death on the Centre Court, chapter=1 , passage=She mixed furniture with the same fatal profligacy as she mixed drinks, and this outrageous contact between things which were intended by Nature to be kept poles apart gave her an inexpressible thrill.}}

To form by mingling; to produce by the stirring together of ingredients; to compound of different parts.

* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

Hast thou no poison mixed ?

* (Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)

I have chosen an argument mixed of religious and civil considerations.

* {{quote-book, year=1935, author= George Goodchild

, title=Death on the Centre Court, chapter=1 , passage=She mixed furniture with the same fatal profligacy as she mixed drinks, and this outrageous contact between things which were intended by Nature to be kept poles apart gave her an inexpressible thrill.}}

To use a mixer (machine) on.

(music) To combine several tracks.

(music) To produce a finished version of a recording.

To unite with in company; to join; to associate.

* Bible, (w) vii. 8

Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people.

Synonyms

* (stir two or more substances together) blend, combine, mingle, intermix, mix together, mix up * (combine items from two or more sources normally kept separate) mix together, mix up, muddle, muddle up

Derived terms

* (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l)

Etymology 2

From (etyl) mixte, from (etyl) mixtus, past participle of . Form of the noun influenced by the verb.

Noun

(es)

The result of mixing two or more substances; a mixture.

Now add the raisins to the mix .

The result of combining items normally kept separate.

My recipe file was now a mix of meat and dairy.

The combination of classical music and hip hop is a surprisingly good mix .

(music) The result of mixing several tracks.

The rhythm mix sounds muddy.

(music) The finished version of a recording.

I've almost finished the mix for this song.

Derived terms

* dance mix * dub mix * into the mix * mix and match * mixling * mix-up, mixup * pick 'n' mix * remix * megamix

References

External links

* * English ergative verbs 1000 English basic words ----

composition

English

(wikipedia composition)

Noun

(en noun)

The proportion of different parts to make a whole.

The general makeup of something.

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

* , I.40:

It will stoope and yeeld upon better compositions to him that shall make head against it.

* 1630 , John Smith, True travels , in Kupperman 1988, p.50:

with an incredible courage they advanced to the push of the Pike with the defendants, that with the like courage repulsed, that the Turks retired and fled into the Castle, from whence by a flag of truce they desired composition .

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

* 1745 , Edward Young, Night-Thoughts , II:

Insidious death! should his strong hand arrest, / No composition sets the prisoner free.

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

A mixture or compound; the result of composing.

An essay.

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

A work of music, literature or art.

* 1818 , (Jane Austen), A letter dated 8 September 1818:

and how good Mrs. West could have written such books and collected so many hard words, with all her family cares, is still more a matter of astonishment. Composition seems to me impossible with a head full of joints of mutton and doses of rhubarb.

(printing) Typesetting.

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

(obsolete) Consistency; accord; congruity.

* Shakespeare

There is no composition in these news / That gives them credit.

Synthesis as opposed to analysis.

* Sir Isaac Newton

The investigation of difficult things by the method of analysis ought ever to precede the method of composition .

Synonyms

* See also