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Underdog vs Weaker - What's the difference?

underdog | weaker |

As a noun underdog

is a competitor thought unlikely to win.

As an adjective weaker is

(weak).

underdog

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A competitor thought unlikely to win.
  • * 2004: The New Yorker, 30 August 2004, p.40
    • In Athens, the Americans are underdogs to the Chinese and the Canadians
  • * 2014 , Jacob Steinberg, " Wigan shock Manchester City in FA Cup again to reach semi-finals", The Guardian , 9 March 2014:
    • The visit of a Championship side would not normally send a shiver down their spine but they knew that Wigan were underdogs who would snap at their heels and that they possessed a potent bite if they were not kept on a firm leash.
  • Somebody at a disadvantage.
  • A high swing wherein the person pushing the swing runs beneath the swing while the person being pushed is at the forward limit of the arc.

    • Antonyms

    * favourite, favorite * sure bet * safe bet * top dog

    See also

    * also-ran

    Anagrams

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    weaker

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (weak)
  • (logic) Said of one proposition with respect to another one: that the latter entails the former, but the former does not entail the latter.

    • Antonyms

    * stronger

    Derived terms

    * weaker vessel