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Competing vs Compete - What's the difference?

competing | compete |

As verbs the difference between competing and compete

is that competing is while compete is .

As an adjective competing

is being in the state of competition (often unintentionally).

competing

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • being in the state of competition (often unintentionally)

    • Verb

    (head)

    • compete

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Verb

  • 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.

    • 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 * noncompete

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