The difference between Composite and Compound

Composite as an adjective:

Made up of multiple components; compound or complex.

Composite as an adjective (architecture):

Being a mixture of Ionic and Corinthian styles.

Composite as an adjective (mathematics):

Not prime; having factors.

Composite as an adjective (botany):

Belonging to the Asteraceae family (formerly known as Compositae), bearing involucrate heads of many small florets.

Composite as a noun:

A mixture of different components.

Composite as a noun:

A structural material that gains its strength from a combination of complementary materials.

Composite as a noun (botany):

A plant belonging to the family Asteraceae, syn. Compositae.

Composite as a noun (mathematics):

A function of a function.

Composite as a noun (mathematics):

Composite as a noun (chiefly, law enforcement):

A drawing, photograph, etc. that combines several separate pictures or images.

Composite as a verb:

To make a composite.

Compound as a noun:

an enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined

Compound as a noun:

a group of buildings situated close together, e.g. for a school or block of offices

Compound as an adjective:

composed of elements; not simple

Compound as an adjective (music):

An octave higher than originally (i.e. a compound major second is equivalent to a major ninth).

Compound as a noun:

Anything made by combining several things.

Compound as a noun (chemistry, dated):

A substance made from any combination elements.

Compound as a noun (chemistry):

A substance formed by chemical union of two or more ingredients in definite proportions by weight.

Compound as a noun (linguistics):

A lexeme that consists of more than one stem; compound word; for example , formed from and .

Compound as a noun (rail):

a , a steam locomotive with both high-pressure and low-pressure cylinders.

Compound as a verb (transitive):

To form (a resulting mixture) by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts.

Compound as a verb (transitive):

To assemble (ingredients) into a whole; to combine, mix, or unite.

Compound as a verb (transitive):

To modify or change by combination with some other thing or part; to mingle with something else.

Compound as a verb (transitive, legal):

To settle by agreeing on less than the claim, or on different terms than those stipulated.

Compound as a verb (transitive):

To settle amicably; to adjust by agreement; to compromise.

Compound as a verb (intransitive):

To come to terms of agreement; to agree; to settle by a compromise; usually followed by with before the person participating, and for before the thing compounded or the consideration.

Compound as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

To compose; to constitute.

Compound as a verb (intransitive, finance):

To increase in value with interest, where the interest is earned on both the principal sum and prior earned interest.

Compound as a verb (transitive):

To worsen a situation