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consist ofempasize the small groups.such as,The team consists of four Europeans and two Americans．compose equles to "make up'，such as,Men and women evenly composed the committee．we also could say：The committee was evenly composed of men and women．consist of is used as a active way .

be made up of consist of be composed of .consistis a vi，the fisst and the third one are all passive，consist of is act in a acyive way.A car is made up of many different parts.A university consists of teachers, administrators and students.Water is composed of hydrogen and oxygen.