canon vs composition

composition vs canon

canon and composition both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
canon	Yes	No	No	No
composition	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, composition is a hypernym of canon; that is, composition is a word with a broader meaning than canon:

canon: a contrapuntal piece of music in which a melody in one part is imitated exactly in other parts
composition: a musical work that has been created

Other hypernyms of canon include musical composition, opus, piece, piece of music.

canon (noun)	composition (noun)
a rule or especially body of rules or principles generally established as valid and fundamental in a field of art or philosophy	the act of creating written works
a contrapuntal piece of music in which a melody in one part is imitated exactly in other parts	musical creation
a collection of books accepted as holy scripture especially the books of the Bible recognized by any Christian church as genuine and inspired	something that is created by arranging several things to form a unified whole
a complete list of saints that have been recognized by the Roman Catholic Church	the way in which someone or something is composed
a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall	the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole
a priest who is a member of a cathedral chapter	an essay (especially one written as an assignment)
	a musical work that has been created
	art and technique of printing with movable type
	a mixture of ingredients

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