Jostle vs Compete - What's the difference?
jostle | compete |
(ambitransitive) To bump into or brush against while in motion; to push aside.
* Macaulay
* I. Taylor
To move through by pushing and shoving.
To be close to or in physical contact with.
To contend or vie in order to acquire something.
(dated, slang) To pick or attempt to pick pockets.
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.
As verbs the difference between jostle and compete
is that jostle is (ambitransitive) to bump into or brush against while in motion; to push aside while compete is .As a noun jostle
is an experience in which jostling occurs.jostle
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Verb
(jostl)- Bullies jostled him.
- Systems of movement, physical, intellectual, and moral, which are perpetually jostling each other.