Adaptation and Composition

Adaptation

Adaptation noun - The act or process of changing something to fit a new use or situation.

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Composition and adaptation are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Composition" instead a noun "Adaptation".

Composition noun - A literary, musical, or artistic production.

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Adaptation and composition are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Adaptation" instead a noun "Composition".

musical	musical adaptation	musical composition
full	full adaptation	full composition
best	best adaptation	best composition
short	short adaptation	short composition
Other adjectives: certain, original, proper, straight, single, actual, famous, new, different, earlier.

This ballet adaptation advertisement◊ features a rather interesting composition.

Source: Interplay of Sex and Violence
Two Silhouettes features two live-action silhouettes dancing to ballet music Peter and the Wolf is an adaptation of the composition about a young boy who sets out to kill the local wolf.

Source: Disney / Make Mine Music
Which in itself was an adaptation of a ballad by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and a musical composition by Dukas.

Source: Film / The Sorcerer's Apprentice

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