The difference between Comprise and Spell
When used as verbs, comprise means to be made up of, whereas spell means to put under the influence of a spell.
Spell is also noun with the meaning: words or a formula supposed to have magical powers.
check bellow for the other definitions of Comprise and Spell
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Comprise as a verb:
To be made up of; to consist of (especially a comprehensive list of parts).
Examples:
"The whole comprises the parts."
"The parts are comprised by the whole.<br>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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Comprise as a verb:
To contain or embrace.
Examples:
"Our committee comprises a president, secretary, treasurer and five other members."
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Comprise as a verb (sometimes, proscribed, usually in the passive):
To compose, to constitute. See usage note below.
Examples:
"A team is comprised of its members."
"The members comprise the team."
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Comprise as a verb (patent law):
To include, contain, or be made up of, defining the minimum elements, whether essential or inessential, to define an invention. ("Open-ended", doesn't limit to the items listed; cf. compose, which is "closed" and limits to the items listed.)
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Spell as a noun:
Words or a formula supposed to have magical powers.
Examples:
"He cast a spell to cure warts."
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Spell as a noun:
A magical effect or influence induced by an incantation or formula.
Examples:
"under a spell"
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Spell as a noun (obsolete):
Speech, discourse.
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Spell as a verb:
To put under the influence of a spell; to affect by a spell; to bewitch; to fascinate; to charm.
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Spell as a verb (obsolete):
To speak, to declaim.
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Spell as a verb (obsolete):
To tell; to relate; to teach.
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Spell as a verb (transitive, obsolete):
To read (something) as though letter by letter; to peruse slowly or with effort.
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Spell as a verb (transitive, sometimes with “out”):
To write or say the letters that form a word or part of a word.
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Spell as a verb (intransitive):
To be able to write or say the letters that form words.
Examples:
"I find it difficult to spell because I'm dyslexic."
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Spell as a verb (transitive):
Of letters: to compose (a word).
Examples:
"The letters “a”, “n” and “d” spell “and”."
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Spell as a verb (transitive, figuratively):
To indicate that (some event) will occur.
Examples:
"This spells trouble."
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Spell as a verb (transitive, figuratively, with “out”):
To clarify; to explain in detail.
Examples:
"Please spell it out for me."
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Spell as a verb:
To constitute; to measure.
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Spell as a verb (transitive):
To work in place of (someone).
Examples:
"to spell the helmsman"
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Spell as a verb (transitive):
To rest (someone or something), to give someone or something a rest or break.
Examples:
"They spelled the horses and rested in the shade of some trees near a brook."
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Spell as a verb (intransitive, colloquial):
To rest from work for a time.
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Spell as a noun (rare):
A (of work); a set of workers responsible for a specific turn of labour.
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Spell as a noun (informal):
A definite (of work or other activity).
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Spell as a noun (colloquial):
An indefinite period of time (usually with a qualifier); a relatively short distance.
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Spell as a noun:
A period of rest; time off.
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Spell as a noun (colloquial, US):
A period of illness, or sudden interval of bad spirits, disease etc.
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Spell as a noun (cricket):
An uninterrupted series of alternate overs bowled by a single bowler.
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Spell as a noun (dialectal):
A splinter, usually of wood; a spelk.
Examples:
"rfquotek Holland"
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Spell as a noun:
The wooden bat in the game of trap ball, or knurr and spell.