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Tournament vs Championship - What's the difference?

tournament | championship |

As nouns the difference between championship and tournament

is that championship is a competition to determine a champion, especially the final of a series of competitions while tournament is during the Middle Ages, a series of battles and other contests designed to prepare knights for war.

tournament

English

(wikipedia tournament)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (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]
    • 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 .

    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.