to comprise

‘Comprise’ is a fairly formal way of saying ‘is made up of’ (different parts). It’s often used to talk about different parts of a model or organisation. You can either say ‘The team comprises 5 members’ or ‘the team is comprised of five members’ – it doesn’t really matter. Sometimes it’s used in the ‘-ing’ form to give extra information about an organisation, model etc. For example, ‘The data was analysed using the Schechter model, comprising psychological, sociological and linguistic elements’.

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to consist of

‘Consist of’ means ‘made up of’ different parts. So it can be used for groups of people or for sets or systems which have different parts or members.

The project team consists of the HR manager, a marketing consultant and the company accountant.  

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