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Contest vs Recruitment - What's the difference?

contest | recruitment |

As nouns the difference between contest and recruitment

is that contest is (uncountable) controversy; debate while recruitment is the process or art of finding candidates for a post in an organization, or of recruits for the armed forces.

As a verb contest

is to contend.

contest

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) Controversy; debate.
    • no contest
  • (uncountable) Struggle for superiority; combat.
  • (countable) A competition.
    • The child entered the spelling contest .

    Synonyms

    * (controversy) controversy, debate, discussion * (combat) battle, combat, fight * (competition) competition, pageant

    Derived terms

    (Terms derived from the noun "contest") * contest shape * fashion contest * no contest * pissing contest * popularity contest * wet t-shirt contest * will contest

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To contend.
    • I will contest for the open seat on the board.
  • * Alexander Pope
    • Of man, who dares in pomp with Jove contest ?
  • * Bishop Burnet
    • The difficulty of an argument adds to the pleasure of contesting with it, when there are hopes of victory.
  • To call into question; to oppose.
    • The rival contested the dictator's re-election because of claims of voting irregularities.
  • * J. D. Morell
    • Few philosophical aphorisms have been more frequently repeated, few more contested than this.
  • To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend.
    • The troops contested every inch of ground.
  • (legal) To make a subject of litigation; to defend, as a suit; to dispute or resist, as a claim, by course of law; to controvert.

    • Synonyms

    * (contend) compete, contend, go in for * (oppose) call into question, oppose

    Antonyms

    * (oppose) support

    recruitment

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia recruitment)
  • The process or art of finding candidates for a post in an organization, or of recruits for the armed forces
  • A style or process of recruiting
  • * {{quote-news, 2009, January 7, Pete Thamel, Tebow and Bradford: Different Ways to Reach Summit, New York Times citation
    • , passage=Tebow's and Bradford's production and leadership are undeniable, but their recruitments , offenses and personalities are vastly different. }}
  • (biology, ecology) The addition of new recruits to a population.

    • Related terms

    * recruiter