Countervail vs Compete - What's the difference?
countervail | compete |
(obsolete) To have the same value as.
To counteract, counterbalance or neutralize.
To compensate for.
*, I.38:
*:I am one of those who thinke their fruit can no way countervaile this losse.
* L'Estrange
*:Upon balancing the account, the profit at last will hardly countervail the inconveniences that go along with it.
To contend emulously; to seek or strive for the same thing, position, or reward for which another is striving; to contend in rivalry, as for a prize or in business; as, tradesmen compete with one another.