The difference between Compose and Constitute
When used as verbs, compose means to make something by merging parts, whereas constitute means to set up.
Constitute is also noun with the meaning: an established law.
check bellow for the other definitions of Compose and Constitute
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Compose as a verb (transitive):
To make something by merging parts.
Examples:
"The editor composed a historical journal from many individual letters."
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Compose as a verb (transitive):
To make up the whole; to constitute.
Examples:
"A church is composed of its members."
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Compose as a verb (transitive, nonstandard):
To comprise.
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Compose as a verb (transitive, or, intransitive):
To construct by mental labor; to think up; particularly, to produce or create a literary or musical work.
Examples:
"The orator composed his speech over the week prior."
"Nine numbered symphonies, including the Fifth, were composed by Beethoven."
"It's difficult to compose without absolute silence."
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Compose as a verb (sometimes, reflexive):
To calm; to free from agitation.
Examples:
"Try to compose your thoughts."
"The defendant couldn't compose herself and was found in contempt."
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Compose as a verb:
To arrange the elements of a photograph or other picture.
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Compose as a verb:
To settle (an argument, dispute etc.); to come to a settlement.
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Compose as a verb:
To arrange in proper form; to reduce to order; to put in proper state or condition.
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Compose as a verb (printing, dated):
To arrange (types) in a composing stick for printing; to typeset.
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Constitute as a verb (transitive):
To set up; to establish; to enact.
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Constitute as a verb (transitive):
To make up; to compose; to form.
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Constitute as a verb (transitive):
To appoint, depute, or elect to an office; to make and empower.
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Constitute as a noun (obsolete):
An established law.
Examples:
"rfquotek T. Preston"