Compete vs Battel - What's the difference?
compete | battel |
To contend emulously; to seek or strive for the same thing, position, or reward for which another is striving; to contend in rivalry, as for a prize or in business; as, tradesmen compete with one another.
(obsolete) fertile; fruitful; productive
To make fertile.
* Ray
(UK, Oxford University) To be supplied with provisions from the buttery.
(UK, Oxford University, mostly, in the plural) Provisions ordered from the buttery; also, the charges for them.
(Webster 1913)
As verbs the difference between compete and battel
is that compete is while battel is to make fertile.As a noun battel is
or battel can be (uk|oxford university|mostly|in the plural) provisions ordered from the buttery; also, the charges for them.As an adjective battel is
(obsolete) fertile; fruitful; productive.compete
English
(Webster 1913)Verb
Usage notes
A person will compete for'' a prize received for winning a competition. Two or more persons ''compete against'' one another if they are rivals. Two or more persons can ''compete with'' each other as teammates, however ''compete with'' is also used to indicate two persons ''competing against each other.Derived terms
* competitor * competition * noncompeteExternal links
* ----battel
English
Etymology 1
Etymology 2
Adjective
(en adjective)- A battel soil for grain, for pasture good. — Fairfax.
Verb
(battell)- To battel barren land.