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Competition vs Cutthroat - What's the difference?

competition | cutthroat |

As nouns the difference between competition and cutthroat

is that competition is the action of competing while cutthroat is a murderer who slits the throats of his victims.

As an adjective cutthroat is

involving the cutting of throats.

competition

English

(wikipedia competition)

Noun

  • (label) The action of competing.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8 , passage=The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;
  • (label) A contest for a prize or award.
  • The competitors in such a contest.

    • Antonyms

    * (action of competing) cooperation

    Derived terms

    * competitioner * economic competition

    Related terms

    * competitive

    cutthroat

    English

    (wikipedia cutthroat)

    Alternative forms

    * cut-throat

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A murderer who slits the throats of his victims.
  • An unscrupulous, ruthless or unethical person.
  • A three-player pocket billiards game where the object is to be the last player with at least one ball still on the table.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Involving the cutting of throats
  • Of or relating to a card game where everyone plays for him or herself rather than playing with a partner.
    • He found that playing cutthroat Spades was much more difficult than playing with a partner.
  • Ruthlessly competitive, dog-eat-dog
    • Law is a cutthroat business, you always have to look out to see who is trying to outdo you.