Competitiveness vs. Competition — What's the Difference?

Of, involving, or determined by 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.

Liking competition or inclined to compete

The act of competing, as for profit or a prize; rivalry.

(Biochemistry) Relating to the inhibition of enzyme activity that results from an alternate compound binding reversibly to the site on an enzyme where the substrate would normally bind.

A test of skill or ability; a contest

The state of being competitive.

Rivalry between two or more businesses striving for the same customer or market.

An agressive willingness to compete.

A competitor

An aggressive willingness to compete;

(Ecology) The simultaneous demand by two or more organisms for a limited environmental resource, such as nutrients, living space, or light.

(uncountable) The action of competing.

(countable) A contest for a prize or award.

The competitors in such a contest.

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.

A business relation in which two parties compete to gain customers;

An occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants

The act of competing as for profit or a prize;

The contestant you hope to defeat;