Tournament vs Leagues - What's the difference?
tournament | leagues |
(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]
As nouns the difference between tournament and leagues
is that tournament is (historical) during the middle ages, a series of battles and other contests designed to prepare knights for war while leagues is .As a verb leagues is
(league).tournament
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(wikipedia tournament)Noun
(en noun)- 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 .