Competition vs. Cooperation — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Competition and Cooperation
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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.
Cooperation
Cooperation (written as co-operation in British English) is the process of groups of organisms working or acting together for common, mutual, or some underlying benefit, as opposed to working in competition for selfish benefit. Many animal and plant species cooperate both with other members of their own species and with members of other species (symbiosis or mutualism).
Competition
The act of competing, as for profit or a prize; rivalry.
Cooperation
The act or practice of cooperating.
Competition
A test of skill or ability; a contest
A skating competition.
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Cooperation
The association of persons or businesses for common, usually economic, benefit.
Competition
Rivalry between two or more businesses striving for the same customer or market.
Cooperation
The act of cooperating.
Competition
A competitor
The competition has cornered the market.
Cooperation
Active help from a person, organization, etc., such as an orderly sharing of space or resources.
Competition
(Ecology) The simultaneous demand by two or more organisms for a limited environmental resource, such as nutrients, living space, or light.
Cooperation
Association for mutual benefit, such as for purposes of production or purchase.
Competition
(uncountable) The action of competing.
The competition for this job is strong.
Cooperation
The act of coöperating, or of operating together to one end; joint operation; concurrent effort or labor.
Not holpen by the coöperation of angels.
Competition
(countable) A contest for a prize or award.
The newspaper is featuring a competition to win a car.
Cooperation
The association of a number of persons for their benefit.
Competition
The competitors in such a contest.
The new stain remover was ten times more effective than the competition.
Cooperation
Joint operation or action;
Their cooperation with us was essential for the success of our mission
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.
Cooperation
The practice of cooperating;
Economic cooperation
They agreed on a policy of cooperation
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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