Emulation vs Competition - What's the difference?
emulation | competition |
The endeavor or desire to equal or excel someone else in qualities or actions.
(obsolete) Jealous rivalry; envy; envious contention.
*, New York Review Books 2001, p.263:
*:Scarce two gentlemen dwell together in the country […], but there is emulation betwixt them and their servants, some quarrel or some grudge betwixt their wives or children […].
(computing) Running a program or other software designed for a different system.
(label) The action of competing.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8
, passage=The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;
(label) A contest for a prize or award.
The competitors in such a contest.
As nouns the difference between emulation and competition
is that emulation is the endeavor or desire to equal or excel someone else in qualities or actions while competition is the action of competing.emulation
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Alternative forms
* (archaic)Noun
(en noun)- ... is a great figure who is worthy of respect and emulation .
