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Finalist vs Winner - What's the difference?

finalist | winner |

As nouns the difference between finalist and winner

is that finalist is somebody or something that appears in the final stage of a competition while winner is one who has won or often wins.

As a proper noun Winner is

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finalist

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Somebody or something that appears in the final stage of a competition.
  • A university student in his/her final year of study.

    • Derived terms

    * quarter-finalist * semi-finalist

    Anagrams

    * ----

    winner

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who has won or often wins.
  • * , chapter=5
    • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=Of all the queer collections of humans outside of a crazy asylum, it seemed to me this sanitarium was the cup winner . […] When you're well enough off so's you don't have to fret about anything but your heft or your diseases you begin to get queer, I suppose.}}
  • (sports) A point or goal that wins a competition.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011, date=December 10, author=David Ornstein, work=BBC Sport
    • , title= Arsenal 1-0 Everton , passage=It was a fitting scoreline on the club's landmark anniversary, and appropriate that Van Persie should get the winner .}}

    Antonyms

    * loser

    Derived terms

    * prizewinner, prize winner * winner-take-all