What's the difference between framing and composition?

Recently, my Audiovisual Communication Theory assign me an exposition of framing on graphic image. There was another theme called "Iconic Composition" and I was thinking: "what's the difference between framing and composition?". At first I though that the framing was more the position of the camera, and the composition, the order and position of the subjects that the camera is framing. I mean, the type of shot (Close-up, cowboy shot, wide shot, etc) falls into framing or composition? Someone could clarify?
Thanks, and sorry for my english if something is misspelled.
 
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It's like the difference between a square and a rectangle. Every square is a rectangle, but a rectangle isn't necessarily a square.

Framing is part of shot composition. But there's more to shot composition than just framing.
 
Framing is the picture frame, and composition is how the elements within the frame relate, so the picture itself.
 
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