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Competition vs Sweepstake - What's the difference?

competition | sweepstake |

As nouns the difference between competition and sweepstake

is that competition is competition while sweepstake is a lottery in which the prize or prizes constitute all the money paid by the participants.

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

    sweepstake

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (dialectal)

    Noun

    (wikipedia sweepstake) (en noun)
  • A lottery in which the prize or prizes constitute all the money paid by the participants.
  • (US) A prize draw.