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Motley vs Composite - What's the difference?

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Motley is a related term of composite.


As adjectives the difference between motley and composite

is that motley is comprising greatly varied elements, to the point of incongruity; heterogeneous while composite is made up of multiple components; compound or complex.

As nouns the difference between motley and composite

is that motley is an incongruous mixture while composite is a mixture of different components.

As a verb composite is

to make a composite.

motley

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Comprising greatly varied elements, to the point of incongruity; heterogeneous.
  • *
  • *:Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers,. Even such a boat as the Mount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either.
  • Having many colours; variegated.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An incongruous mixture.
  • A jester's multicoloured clothes.
  • (by extension) A jester; a fool.
  • * 1598 , , III. iii. 71:
    • Will you be married, motley ?
  • * 1609 , :
    • Alas, 'tis true, I have gone here and there, / And made myself a motley to the view,

    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 ----