Compete vs Pothunter - What's the difference?
compete | pothunter |
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.
A person who hunts animals for food (for the pot) rather than as sport.
(sports, by extension) A person who competes solely to win prizes.
(archaeology) An amateur archaeologist, especially one who seeks artifacts to sell without regard to their cultural importance.
* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=December 12, author=Anthony Depalma, title=An Island in the Hudson, Plundered in Search of Indian Artifacts, work=New York Times
, passage=But hundreds, perhaps thousands of artifacts have been taken by amateur pothunters , whose activities can disturb the soil and ruin the chance of serious research. }}
As a verb 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.As a noun pothunter is
a person who hunts animals for food (for the pot) rather than as sport.compete
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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
* ----pothunter
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