What is the difference between competitive and comparative?
competitive | comparative |
(economics) capable of competing successfully
of or pertaining to competition
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(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
Of or relating to comparison.
* Granvill
Using comparison as a method of study, or founded on something using it.
Approximated by comparison; relative.
* Whewell
* Bentley
(obsolete) Comparable; bearing comparison.
* 1819 , Lord Byron, Don Juan , II.137:
(grammar) A construction showing a relative quality, in English usually formed by adding more'' or appending ''-er''. For example, the comparative of ''green'' is ''greener''; of ''evil'', ''more evil .
(grammar) A word in the comparative form.
(obsolete) An equal; a rival; a compeer.
* Beaumont and Fletcher
(obsolete) One who makes comparisons; one who affects wit.
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As adjectives the difference between competitive and comparative
is that competitive is (economics) capable of competing successfully while comparative is of or relating to comparison.As a noun comparative is
(grammar) a construction showing a relative quality, in english usually formed by adding more'' or appending ''-er'' for example, the comparative of ''green'' is ''greener''; of ''evil'', ''more evil .competitive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)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.}}
Antonyms
* (of or pertaining to competition) cooperativeDerived terms
* competitively * competitiveness * competitive person * competitive advantage * competitive edgecomparative
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The comparative faculty.
- comparative anatomy
- The recurrence of comparative warmth and cold.
- The bubble, by reason of its comparative levity to the fluid that encloses it, would necessarily ascend to the top.
- And need he had of slumber yet, for none / Had suffered more—his hardships were comparative / To those related in my grand-dad's Narrative .
Derived terms
* comparatively * * comparativeness * comparativism * comparativist * comparativisticNoun
(wikipedia comparative) (en noun)- Gerard ever was / His full comparative .
- Every beardless vain comparative .