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Detractor vs Competitor - What's the difference?

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Detractor is a related term of competitor.


As nouns the difference between detractor and competitor

is that detractor is a person who belittles the worth of another person or cause while competitor is a person or organization against whom one is competing.

detractor

English

Alternative forms

* detractour (qualifier)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who belittles the worth of another person or cause.
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    • Four polite Englishmen in their middle 20s, feigning like firewater drunks in a Eugene O'Neill play: it's exactly the stuff that makes their detractors groan.

    Synonyms

    * slanderer * libeler * cynic * mudslinger * defamer

    Antonyms

    * proponent * supporter

    competitor

    English

    Alternative forms

    * competitour (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person or organization against whom one is competing.
  • A participant in a competition, especially in athletics.

    • Synonyms

    * (person against whom one is competing) adversary (loosely''), opponent (''loosely ) * (participant in a competition) contestant

    Anagrams

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