Encounter vs Tournament - What's the difference?
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To meet (someone) or find (something) unexpectedly.
To confront (someone or something) face to face.
(ambitransitive) To engage in conflict, as with an enemy.
* Shakespeare
An unplanned or unexpected meeting.
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*:That was Selwyn's first encounter with the Ruthvens. A short time afterward at the opera Gerald dragged him into a parterre to say something amiable to one of the amiable débutante Craig girls—and Selwyn found himself again facing Alixe.
A hostile meeting; a confrontation or skirmish.
A sudden, often violent clash, as between combatants.
(label) A match between two opposing sides.
*{{quote-news, year=2011, date=October 29, author=Phil McNulty, work=BBC Sport
, title= (historical) During the Middle Ages, a series of battles and other contests designed to prepare knights for war.
A series of games; either the same game played many times, or a succession of games related by a single theme; played competitively to determine a single winning team or individual.
* 2011 , Phil McNulty, Euro 2012: Montenegro 2-2 England [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/15195384.stm]
Encounter is a related term of tournament.
As nouns the difference between encounter and tournament
is that encounter is an unplanned or unexpected meeting while tournament is (historical) during the middle ages, a series of battles and other contests designed to prepare knights for war.As a verb encounter
is to meet (someone) or find (something) unexpectedly.encounter
English
Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete) * incounter (archaic) * incountre (obsolete)Verb
(en verb)- Three armies encountered at Waterloo.
- I will encounter with Andronicus.
Noun
(en noun)Chelsea 3-5 Arsenal, passage=Andre Santos equalised and the outstanding Theo Walcott put Arsenal ahead for the first time before Juan Mata's spectacular strike set up the finale for an enthralling encounter .}}
Synonyms
* (unplanned meeting ): * (hostile meeting ): clash, confrontation, brush, skirmishDerived terms
* close encounter * encounter grouptournament
English
(wikipedia tournament)Noun
(en noun)- England secured their place at Euro 2012 with a scrambled draw in Montenegro - but Wayne Rooney was sent off and will miss the start of the tournament .