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Competitive vs Cutthroat - What's the difference?

competitive | cutthroat |

As adjectives the difference between competitive and cutthroat

is that competitive is while cutthroat is involving the cutting of throats.

As a noun cutthroat is

a murderer who slits the throats of his victims.

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

    cutthroat

    English

    (wikipedia cutthroat)

    Alternative forms

    * cut-throat

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A murderer who slits the throats of his victims.
  • An unscrupulous, ruthless or unethical person.
  • A three-player pocket billiards game where the object is to be the last player with at least one ball still on the table.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Involving the cutting of throats
  • Of or relating to a card game where everyone plays for him or herself rather than playing with a partner.
    • He found that playing cutthroat Spades was much more difficult than playing with a partner.
  • Ruthlessly competitive, dog-eat-dog
    • Law is a cutthroat business, you always have to look out to see who is trying to outdo you.