Compete vs Compute - What's the difference?
compete | compute |
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.
To reckon or calculate.
(informal) To make sense.
As verbs the difference between compete and compute
is that compete is 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 while compute is to reckon or calculate.compete
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(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
* ----compute
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Verb
(comput)- Can anyone here compute the square root of 10201?
- Does that compute , or do I need to explain further?