Competitive vs Competitional - What's the difference?
competitive | competitional |
(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
(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 pertaining to competition.
* {{quote-news, year=2008, date=June 23, author=Juliet Macur, title=2 Named to Women’s Team, Meaning More Trials Remain, work=New York Times
, passage=“I like to wait to the very last minute to name the team, so we can be sure the gymnasts are in competitional shape for the Games.” }}
As adjectives the difference between competitive and competitional
is that competitive is while competitional is .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 edgecompetitional
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation