Competition vs Competence - What's the difference?
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(label) The action of competing.
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(label) A contest for a prize or award.
The competitors in such a contest.
(uncountable) The quality or state of being competent, i.e. able or suitable for a general role.
* 2005 , Lies Sercu and Ewa Bandura, Foreign Language Teachers and Intercultural Competence: An International Investigation :
(countable) The quality or state of being able or suitable for a particular task; the quality or state of being competent for a particular task.
* 1961 , National Council for Elementary Science (U.S.), Science Education :
A sustainable income.
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* 1811 , Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility , chapter 17
(countable) In law, the legal authority to deal with a matter.
Competence is a related term of competition.
In uncountable terms the difference between competition and competence
is that competition is the action of competing while competence is the quality or state of being competent, i.e. able or suitable for a general role.In countable terms the difference between competition and competence
is that competition is a contest for a prize or award while competence is in law, the legal authority to deal with a matter.competition
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(wikipedia competition)Noun
Antonyms
* (action of competing) cooperationDerived terms
* competitioner * economic competitioncompetence
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- Teachers are now required to teach intercultural communicative competence .
- What professional competences do science teachers need?
- Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, / Lie in three words — health, peace, and competence .
- “money can only give happiness where there is nothing else to give it. Beyond a competence , it can afford no real satisfaction, as far as mere self is concerned.”
- That question is out with the competence of this court and must be taken to a higher court.