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Vie vs Jockey - What's the difference?

vie | jockey |

As a verb vie

is to rival; to struggle for superiority; to contend; to compete eagerly so as to gain something.

As a noun jockey is

jockey (one who rides racehorses competitively).

vie

English

Verb

  • To rival; to struggle for superiority; to contend; to compete eagerly so as to gain something.
    • Her suitors were all vying for her attention.
  • * Addison
    • In a trading nation, the younger sons may be placed in such a way of life as to vie with the best of their family.
  • (archaic) To rival (something), etc.
  • * 1608 , William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra [http://www.rhymezone.com/r/gwic.cgi?Path=shakespeare/tragedies/antonyandcleopatra/v_ii//&Word=to+vie+strange+forms+with+fancy;+yet,+to+imagine#w]
    • But, if there be, or ever were, one such, / It's past the size of dreaming: nature wants stuff / To vie strange forms with fancy; yet, to imagine / An Antony, were nature's piece 'gainst fancy, / Condemning shadows quite.
  • To do or produce in emulation, competition, or rivalry; to put in competition; to bandy.
  • * Shakespeare
    • She hung about my neck; and kiss on kiss / She vied so fast.
  • * Milton
    • Nor was he set over us to vie wisdom with his Parliament, but to be guided by them.
  • * Herbert
    • And vying malice with my gentleness, / Pick quarrels with their only happiness.
  • To stake; to wager.
    • (Ben Jonson)
  • To stake a sum of money upon a hand of cards, as in the old game of gleek. See revie.

    • Synonyms

    * battle * compete * oppose

    Antonyms

    * concede * reconcile

    Anagrams

    * * ----

    jockey

    English

    (wikipedia jockey)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who rides racehorses competitively.
  • That part of a variable resistor or potentiometer that rides over the resistance wire
  • An operator of some machinery or apparatus.
  • (dated) A dealer in horses; a horse trader.
    • (Macaulay)
  • (dated) A cheat; one given to sharp practice in trade.
  • (UK, crime, slang) A prostitute's client.
  • (Ireland, crime, slang) A rapist.

    • Synonyms

    * (sense, prostitute's client) see

    Derived terms

    * disc jockey * jock

    References

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    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To ride (a horse) in a race.
  • To maneuver (something) by skill for one's advantage.
  • To cheat or trick.