See CompoundPatterns. DirkRiehle started using the name CompositeDesignPatterns to refer to DesignPatterns that combined two or more other smaller DesignPatterns together. JohnVlissides started to follow suit, but soon after switched to the term CompoundPatterns to avoid confusion with the CompositePattern. ''[See also PatternsOfPatterns, PatternOfPatterns, and CompoundPatterns]''