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Competitive vs Addictive - What's the difference?

competitive | addictive |

As adjectives the difference between competitive and addictive

is that competitive is while addictive is causing or tending to cause addiction; habit-forming.

As a noun addictive is

a drug that causes an addiction.

competitive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (economics) capable of competing successfully
  • of or pertaining to competition
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=September 7 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Moldova 0-5 England , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Manchester United's Tom Cleverley impressed on his first competitive start and Lampard demonstrated his continued worth at international level in a performance that was little more than a stroll once England swiftly exerted their obvious authority.}}
  • (of someone's character) inclined to compete
  • (biochemistry) inhibiting the action of an enzyme by binding with it
  • (euphemistically, of prices) cheap, especially used of quality products

    • Antonyms

    * (of or pertaining to competition) cooperative

    Derived terms

    * competitively * competitiveness * competitive person * competitive advantage * competitive edge

    addictive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Causing or tending to cause addiction; habit-forming.
    • These are addictive drugs.
  • Characterized by or susceptible to addiction.
    • He has an addictive personality.

    Synonyms

    * habit-forming

    Antonyms

    * nonaddictive

    Related terms

    * addict * addicted * addicting * addiction

    Derived terms

    * addictively * addictiveness * addictive personality

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A drug that causes an addiction.
  • Anything that is very habit-forming.
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