Acquisitive vs Competitive - What's the difference?
acquisitive | competitive |
(obsolete) Acquired.
Able or disposed to make acquisitions; acquiring.
Dispositioned toward acquiring and retaining information.
(economics) capable of competing successfully
of or pertaining to competition
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(of someone's character) inclined to compete
(biochemistry) inhibiting the action of an enzyme by binding with it
(euphemistically, of prices) cheap, especially used of quality products
As adjectives the difference between acquisitive and competitive
is that acquisitive is (obsolete) acquired while competitive is .acquisitive
English
(Webster 1913)Adjective
(en adjective)- He is an acquisitive person.
- She has an acquisitive nature.
References
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Adjective
(en adjective)citation, page= , passage=Manchester United's Tom Cleverley impressed on his first competitive start and Lampard demonstrated his continued worth at international level in a performance that was little more than a stroll once England swiftly exerted their obvious authority.}}