Competitive vs Rival - What's the difference?

As adjectives the difference between competitive and rival

is that competitive is while rival is having the same pretensions or claims; standing in competition for superiority.

As a noun rival is

a competitor (person, team, company, etc) with the same goal as another, or striving to attain the same thing defeating a rival may be a primary or necessary goal of a competitor.

As a verb rival is

to oppose or compete with.

competitive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)

(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

Antonyms

* (of or pertaining to competition) cooperative

Derived terms

* competitively * competitiveness * competitive person * competitive advantage * competitive edge

rival

English

Noun

(en noun)

A competitor (person, team, company, etc.) with the same goal as another, or striving to attain the same thing. Defeating a rival may be a primary or necessary goal of a competitor.

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Someone or something with similar claims of quality or distinction as another.

(obsolete) One having a common right or privilege with another; a partner.

* (William Shakespeare)

If you do meet Horatio and Marcellus, / The rivals of my watch, bid them make haste.

Derived terms

* rivalry * archrival

Adjective

(-)

Having the same pretensions or claims; standing in competition for superiority.

rival lovers; rival claims or pretensions

* Macaulay

The strenuous conflicts and alternate victories of two rival confederacies of statesmen.

Verb

To oppose or compete with.

to rival somebody in love

To be equal to or to surpass another.

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To strive to equal or excel; to emulate.

* Dryden

to rival thunder in its rapid course

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