Contest vs. Tournament — What's the Difference?

An event in which people compete for supremacy in a sport or other activity, or in a quality

A tournament is a competition involving at least three competitors, all participating in a sport or game. More specifically, the term may be used in either of two overlapping senses: One or more competitions held at a single venue and concentrated into a relatively short time interval.

Engage in competition to attain (a position of power)

(in a sport or game) a series of contests between a number of competitors, competing for an overall prize.

Oppose (an action or theory) as mistaken or wrong

(in the Middle Ages) a sporting event in which two knights (or two groups of knights) jousted on horseback with blunted weapons, each trying to knock the other off, the winner receiving a prize.

A struggle for superiority or victory between rivals

A series of contests in which a number of contestants compete and the one that prevails through the final round or that finishes with the best record is declared the winner.

A competition, especially one in which entrants perform separately and are rated by judges

A medieval martial sport in which two groups of mounted and armored combatants fought against each other with blunted lances or swords.

To compete or strive for; struggle to gain or control

(historical) During the Middle Ages, a series of battles and other contests designed to prepare knights for war.

To call into question and take an active stand against; dispute or challenge

A series of games; either the same game played many times, or a succession of games related by a single theme; played competitively to determine a single winning team or individual.

(Sports) To defend against (a shot), as in basketball.

(graph theory) A digraph obtained by assigning a direction to each edge in an undirected complete graph.

To struggle or compete; contend

A mock fight, or warlike game, formerly in great favor, in which a number of combatants were engaged, as an exhibition of their address and bravery; hence, figuratively, a real battle.

(uncountable) Controversy; debate.

Any contest of skill in which there are many contestents for championship; as, a chess tournament.

(uncountable) Struggle for superiority; combat.

A sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner

(countable) A competition.

A series of jousts between knights contesting for a prize

(intransitive) To contend.

(transitive) To call into question; to oppose.

(transitive) To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend.

(law) To make a subject of litigation; to defend, as a suit; to dispute or resist, as a claim, by course of law.

To make a subject of dispute, contention, litigation, or emulation; to contend for; to call in question; to controvert; to oppose; to dispute.

To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend; as, the troops contested every inch of ground.

To make a subject of litigation; to defend, as a suit; to dispute or resist; as a claim, by course of law; to controvert.

To engage in contention, or emulation; to contend; to strive; to vie; to emulate; - followed usually by with.

Earnest dispute; strife in argument; controversy; debate; altercation.

Earnest struggle for superiority, victory, defense, etc.; competition; emulation; strife in arms; conflict; combat; encounter.

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

A struggle between rivals

To make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation;