The difference between Composition and Melange

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.

Melange as a noun:

A mixture of different things; a disordered mixture.

Melange as a noun:

A Viennese coffee speciality, half steamed milk and half coffee.

Melange as a noun (geology):

A large-scale breccia formed in the accretionary wedge over a subductional environment.