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one-to-one composition comparison table

Subject	is a kind of	correspond to	has definition
composition	aggregation		A strong kind of aggregation in which if the aggregate is destroyed, then the parts are destroyed as well
one-to-one composition	composition	a complex attribute that can be shown as an attribute or, if you want to emphasize the details of the composed class, as a composition

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