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Competition vs Precompetition - What's the difference?

competition | precompetition |

As a noun competition

is competition.

As an adjective precompetition is

occurring before or in anticipation of a competition.

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

    precompetition

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Occurring before or in anticipation of a competition
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=July 23, author=Juliet Macur, title=Before Triathlon, Psychologists Calm Athletes’ Fears, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=“A lot of athletes experience precompetition anxieties in the first place,” Rosenfeld said. }}