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Playoff vs Championship - What's the difference?

playoff | championship |

As nouns the difference between playoff and championship

is that playoff is a final game in a series needed to break a tie while championship is a competition to determine a champion, especially the final of a series of competitions.

playoff

English

Alternative forms

(wikipedia playoff) * play-off

Noun

(en noun)
  • A final game in a series needed to break a tie.
  • (US) A short series of games to select a league champion.

    • See also

    *play off ----

    championship

    English

    (wikipedia championship)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (sports) A competition to determine a champion, especially the final of a series of competitions.
  • The position of champion, or winner.
  • Defense or support of some cause.
    • His championship of civil rights eventually bore fruit .
  • *
    • They had also dropped their championship of Jones, who had given up hope of getting his farm back and gone to live in another part of the county.