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Competitive vs Overcompetitive - What's the difference?

competitive | overcompetitive |

As adjectives the difference between competitive and overcompetitive

is that competitive is while overcompetitive is excessively competitive.

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

    overcompetitive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Excessively competitive.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=April 12, author=Mike Albo, title=Because a Logo Is Not Enough, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Regardless, the store provided a moment of healing for my PECS. JackRabbit’s message is what our P.E. teachers should have told us from the very beginning: being athletic doesn’t mean you have to be an overcompetitive jerk. }}

    Derived terms

    * overcompetitiveness