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Racing vs Contest - What's the difference?

racing | contest |

As nouns the difference between racing and contest

is that racing is the sport of competing in races while contest is (uncountable) controversy; debate.

As verbs the difference between racing and contest

is that racing is while contest is to contend.

racing

English

(wikipedia racing)

Noun

  • The sport of competing in races.
  • * 1870 , Delabere Pritchett Blaine, An encyclopaedia of rural sports (page 231)
    • Chariot racings are probably, however, those in which the horse first distinguished himself as a courser, and we believe our earliest notices on the subject point to those of Persia, which were practised at the sacrifices made to the sun

    Derived terms

    * auto racing * car racing * automobile racing * motor racing * horse racing * drag racing * street racing

    Verb

    (head)

    • Anagrams

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    contest

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) Controversy; debate.
    • no contest
  • (uncountable) Struggle for superiority; combat.
  • (countable) A competition.
    • The child entered the spelling contest .

    Synonyms

    * (controversy) controversy, debate, discussion * (combat) battle, combat, fight * (competition) competition, pageant

    Derived terms

    (Terms derived from the noun "contest") * contest shape * fashion contest * no contest * pissing contest * popularity contest * wet t-shirt contest * will contest

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To contend.
    • I will contest for the open seat on the board.
  • * Alexander Pope
    • Of man, who dares in pomp with Jove contest ?
  • * Bishop Burnet
    • The difficulty of an argument adds to the pleasure of contesting with it, when there are hopes of victory.
  • To call into question; to oppose.
    • The rival contested the dictator's re-election because of claims of voting irregularities.
  • * J. D. Morell
    • Few philosophical aphorisms have been more frequently repeated, few more contested than this.
  • To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend.
    • The troops contested every inch of ground.
  • (legal) To make a subject of litigation; to defend, as a suit; to dispute or resist, as a claim, by course of law; to controvert.

    • Synonyms

    * (contend) compete, contend, go in for * (oppose) call into question, oppose

    Antonyms

    * (oppose) support