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Observation vs Composed - What's the difference?

observation | composed |

As a noun observation

is the act of observing, and the fact of being observed.

As an adjective composed is

showing composure.

As a verb composed is

(compose).

observation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of observing, and the fact of being observed.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5 , passage=But Miss Thorn relieved the situation by laughing aloud,
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2012, month=March-April, author=(Jeremy Bernstein)
    • , volume=100, issue=2, page=146, magazine=(American Scientist) , title= A Palette of Particles , passage=The physics of elementary particles in the 20th century was distinguished by the observation of particles whose existence had been predicted by theorists sometimes decades earlier.}}
  • The act of noting and recording some event; or the record of such noting.
  • A remark or comment.
  • * Shakespeare
    • That's a foolish observation .
  • * Alexander Pope
    • To observations which ourselves we make / We grow more partial for the observer's sake.
  • A judgement based on observing.
  • Performance of what is prescribed; adherence in practice; observance.
  • * Jeremy Taylor
    • We are to procure dispensation or leave to omit the observation of it in such circumstances.

    Derived terms

    * observation car

    Related terms

    * observance * observant * observatory * observe * observer

    See also

    * (wikipedia "observation")

    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)