Compete vs Overmatched - What's the difference?
compete | overmatched |
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.
Outclassed; unable to compete
(overmatch)
As verbs the difference between compete and overmatched
is that compete is while overmatched is (overmatch).As an adjective overmatched is
outclassed; unable to compete.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
* ----overmatched
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Adjective
(-)- Our team was completely overmatched ; we lost 10-0.