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Competitive vs Bamf - What's the difference?

competitive | bamf |

As an adjective competitive

is capable of competing successfully.

As a noun BAMF is

acronym of Bad-ass motherfucker|lang=en; one who is not to be trifled with; one who excels in a certain activity, often a competitive or violent activity.

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

    bamf

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • ; one who is not to be trifled with; one who excels in a certain activity, often a competitive or violent activity.
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    • Usage notes

    * Similarly to (m), BAMF is regarded as far less offensive in its acronymic form than in its elaborated form. English acronyms