Competition vs. Contestant — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Competition and Contestant
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Competition
Competition is a rivalry where two or more parties strive for a common goal which cannot be shared: where one's gain is the other's loss (an example of which is a zero-sum game). Competition can arise between entities such as organisms, individuals, economic and social groups, etc.
Contestant
A contestant is someone who takes part in a competition, usually a professional competition or a game show on television. The participants competing against each other have to go through rounds.
Competition
The act of competing, as for profit or a prize; rivalry.
Contestant
One taking part in a contest; a competitor.
Competition
A test of skill or ability; a contest
A skating competition.
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Contestant
One that contests or disputes something, such as an election or a will.
Competition
Rivalry between two or more businesses striving for the same customer or market.
Contestant
A participant in a contest; specifically, a person who plays a game, as on a TV game show.
Competition
A competitor
The competition has cornered the market.
Contestant
One who brings a legal challenge.
Competition
(Ecology) The simultaneous demand by two or more organisms for a limited environmental resource, such as nutrients, living space, or light.
Contestant
One who contests; an opponent; a litigant; a disputant; one who claims that which has been awarded to another.
Competition
(uncountable) The action of competing.
The competition for this job is strong.
Contestant
A person who participates in competitions
Competition
(countable) A contest for a prize or award.
The newspaper is featuring a competition to win a car.
Contestant
A person who dissents from some established policy
Competition
The competitors in such a contest.
The new stain remover was ten times more effective than the competition.
Competition
The act of seeking, or endeavoring to gain, what another is endeavoring to gain at the same time; common strife for the same objects; strife for superiority; emulous contest; rivalry, as for approbation, for a prize, or as where two or more persons are engaged in the same business and each seeking patronage; - followed by for before the object sought, and with before the person or thing competed with.
Competition to the crown there is none, nor can be.
A portrait, with which one of Titian's could not come in competition.
There is no competition but for the second place.
Where competition does not act at all there is complete monopoly.
Competition
A business relation in which two parties compete to gain customers;
Business competition can be fiendish at times
Competition
An occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants
Competition
The act of competing as for profit or a prize;
The teams were in fierce contention for first place
Competition
The contestant you hope to defeat;
He had respect for his rivals
He wanted to know what the competition was doing
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