Propose vs Comprise - What's the difference?
propose | comprise |
To suggest a plan, course of action, etc.
To ask for a person's hand in marriage.
To intend.
* 1859 , (John Gorham Palfrey), History of New England ,
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, title= (obsolete) To talk; to converse.
* 1599 , (William Shakespeare), (Much Ado About Nothing) , :
(obsolete) To set forth.
* 1616 , (George Chapman) (translator), Homer's Iliad , book 11:
(obsolete) An objective or aim.
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*:whose aime hath beene to make us not good and wittie, but wise and learned; She hath attained her propose .
To be made up of; to consist of (especially a comprehensive list of parts).
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However, the passive voice of comprise must be employed carefully to make sense. Phrases such as "animals and cages are comprised by zoos" or "pitchers, catchers, and fielders are comprised by baseball teams" highlight the difficulty.
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, title= To include, contain or embrace.
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To compose, to constitute. See usage note below.
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*1657 , (Isaac Barrow), (translation), Prop. XXX
*:"Seeing then the angles comprised of equal right lines are equal, we have found the angle FDE equal to the angle ABC."
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*:Three chairs of the steamer type, all maimed, comprised the furniture of this roof-garden, with (by way of local colour) on one of the copings a row of four red clay flower-pots filled with sun-baked dust from which gnarled and rusty stalks thrust themselves up like withered elfin limbs.
(lb) To include, contain, or be made up of ("open-ended", doesn't limit to the items listed; cf. compose , which is "closed" and limits to the items listed)
As verbs the difference between propose and comprise
is that propose is while comprise is to be made up of; to consist of (especially a comprehensive list of parts).propose
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Verb
(propos)Preface (Google preview):
- I propose to relate, in several volumes, the history of the people of New England.
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- HERO. Good Margaret, run thee to the parlour;
- There shalt thou find my cousin Beatrice
- Proposing with the prince and Claudio
- . . . so weighty was the cup,
- That being propos'd brimful of wine, one scarce could lift it up.
Usage notes
* In use 1. this is sometimes a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing) . * In use 3, this is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive . * For more information, see * Compared to to suggest'', ''to propose is more deliberate and definite. To suggest is merely to mention, while to propose is to have a definite plan and intention.Synonyms
* (l)Derived terms
* proposal * propositionNoun
(en noun)Anagrams
* English reporting verbs ----comprise
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Verb
(compris)However, the passive voice of comprise must be employed carefully to make sense. Phrases such as "animals and cages are comprised by zoos" or "pitchers, catchers, and fielders are comprised by baseball teams" highlight the difficulty.
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