Compose and Set

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Compose verb - To put (something) into proper and usually carefully worked out written form.

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Set is a synonym for compose in set type topic. In some cases you can use "Set" instead a verb "Compose".

Set verb - Adapt for performance in a different way.

Usage example: set this poem to music

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Compose is a synonym for set in set type topic. Sometimes you can use "Compose" instead a verb "Set".

Nearby Words: setup, setting

He manages to compose himself twice, but is immediately set off again when he mentions the card.

Source: Go Mad from the Revelation
Thousands of piano players who had played Background Music for silent movies also lost their jobs, unless they could compose film music or play piano on-set.

Source: Useful Notes / Rise of the Talkies
Though Howard being credited is itself Billing Displacement, as while it's seen as part of his score he didn't compose the song (the Suzanne Collins lyrics as published in Mockingjay were set to music by The Lumineers' Jeremiah Fraites and Wesley Schultz).

Source: Billing Displacement

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