The difference between Composition and Configuration

Composition as a noun:

The act of putting together; assembly.

Composition as a noun:

A mixture or compound; the result of composing.

Composition as a noun:

The proportion of different parts to make a whole.

Composition as a noun:

The general makeup of a thing or person.

Composition as a noun (obsolete):

An agreement or treaty used to settle differences; later especially, an agreement to stop hostilities; a truce.

Composition as a noun (obsolete):

An agreement to pay money in order to clear a liability or obligation; a settling.

Composition as a noun (legal):

an agreement or compromise by which a creditor or group of creditors accepts partial payment from a debtor.

Composition as a noun:

An essay.

Composition as a noun (linguistics):

The formation of compound words from separate words.

Composition as a noun:

A work of music, literature or art.

Composition as a noun (printing):

Typesetting.

Composition as a noun (mathematics):

Applying a function to the result of another.

Composition as a noun (physics):

The compounding of two velocities or forces into a single equivalent velocity or force.

Composition as a noun (obsolete):

Consistency; accord; congruity.

Composition as a noun:

Synthesis as opposed to analysis.

Composition as a noun (painting, photography):

The arrangement and flow of elements in a picture.

Composition as a noun (object-oriented programming):

Way to combine simple objects or data types into more complex ones.

Configuration as a noun:

Form, as depending on the relative disposition of the parts of a thing's shape; figure; form factor.

Configuration as a noun:

Relative position or aspect of the planets; the face of the horoscope, according to the relative positions of the planets at any time.

Configuration as a noun:

The way things are arranged or put together in order to achieve a result.

Configuration as a noun (physics, chemistry):

The arrangement of electrons in an atom, molecule, or other physical structure like a crystal.

Configuration as a noun (algebra):

A finite set of points and lines (and sometimes planes), generally with equal numbers of points per line and equal numbers of lines per point.