Competitor vs Walkover - What's the difference?
competitor | walkover |
A person or organization against whom one is competing.
A participant in a competition, especially in athletics.
An easy victory; a walkaway.
* 2013 , Daniel Taylor, Steven Gerrard goal against Poland ensures England will go to World Cup'' (in ''The Guardian , 15 October 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/oct/15/england-poland-world-cup-qualifier]
(tennis) A bye or victory awarded to a competitor when a scheduled opponent fails to play a game.
A horse race with only one entrant.
Someone easy to defeat.
(gymnastics) A backbend combined with a handstand.
A type of railroad passenger car seat, having reversible seat backs that can be moved across the seat to face either direction of travel
As nouns the difference between competitor and walkover
is that competitor is a person or organization against whom one is competing while walkover is an easy victory; a walkaway.competitor
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Alternative forms
* competitour (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (person against whom one is competing) adversary (loosely''), opponent (''loosely ) * (participant in a competition) contestantAnagrams
* * ----walkover
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Noun
(wikipedia walkover)- Along the way, there was another backdrop to this match, in the form of the goal updates from Serravalle informing everyone that Ukraine were on their way to the obligatory walkover against San Marino.
- The train's walkover seats are turned by the crew.
- It took about 10 minutes to flip the walkovers in each car.