Comprised of or Composed of?

[costargh]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Giraffedata/comprised_of

What do you think? I have gotten into the habit of saying that something is comprised of ....

hmmm
Thoughts?

[clinton_09]

yeh same, i use comprised of rather than composed of

[dekoyl]

I say composed of. I don't think I've ever used comprised of but then again, my English isn't the best.

Edit: Wow I feel left out. I didn't know the majority used comprised. 

[RD]

I use comprised of also.

[shinny]

I use both, but usually comprise. Either's fine though, doesn't really matter.

[xox.happy1.xox]

Yeah, comprised of for me as well.

[ninwa]

I use both, but usually comprise.

yeah I use comprise ... comprise of just sounds wrong to me

[xox.happy1.xox]

I use both, but usually comprise.

yeah I use comprise ... comprise of just sounds wrong to me

Do you mean 'composed of' sounds wrong to you?

[ninwa]

No no I meant I use composed of, and comprised. Comprised of sounds wrong

[Eriny]

I like "has".

Aren't 'comprised of' and 'composed of' slightly different though? I wouldn't personally use them interchangeably. Like, 'the composition of the water is two parts hydrogen and one part oxygen' as opposed to 'The company is comprised of franchisees, sales staff and managers.'

Comprised is more 'included', 'composed' is more 'made up by', but that's just my feeling on the matter. I don't know very much about this stuff. The words are clearly at least synonyms.

[jess3254]

I'm quite confused now and don't really understand the difference

[delta_rox]

I definitely use comprised but if I was to use composed, I would say "a composition of..."

[xox.happy1.xox]

I just don't like 'composed of' altogether.

[Glockmeister]

I like "has".

Aren't 'comprised of' and 'composed of' slightly different though? I wouldn't personally use them interchangeably. Like, 'the composition of the water is two parts hydrogen and one part oxygen' as opposed to 'The company is comprised of franchisees, sales staff and managers.'

Comprised is more 'included', 'composed' is more 'made up by', but that's just my feeling on the matter. I don't know very much about this stuff. The words are clearly at least synonyms.

Well we can say water comprises of two elements, hydrogen and oxygen with no real problems in my opinion