Competition vs. Contest

Competitionnoun

(uncountable) The action of competing.

Competitionnoun

(countable) A contest for a prize or award.

Competitionnoun

The competitors in such a contest.

Competitionnoun

The act of seeking, or endeavoring to gain, what another is endeavoring to gain at the same time; common strife for the same objects; strife for superiority; emulous contest; rivalry, as for approbation, for a prize, or as where two or more persons are engaged in the same business and each seeking patronage; - followed by for before the object sought, and with before the person or thing competed with.

Competitionnoun

a business relation in which two parties compete to gain customers;

Competitionnoun

an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants

Competitionnoun

the act of competing as for profit or a prize;

Competitionnoun

the contestant you hope to defeat;

Competition

Competition is a rivalry where two or more parties strive for a common goal which cannot be shared: where one's gain is the other's loss (an example of which is a zero-sum game). Competition can arise between entities such as organisms, individuals, economic and social groups, etc.

Contestnoun

(uncountable) Controversy; debate.

Contestnoun

(uncountable) Struggle for superiority; combat.

Contestnoun

(countable) A competition.

Contestverb

(intransitive) To contend.

Contestverb

(transitive) To call into question; to oppose.

Contestverb

(transitive) To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend.

Contestverb

(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.

Contestverb

To make a subject of dispute, contention, litigation, or emulation; to contend for; to call in question; to controvert; to oppose; to dispute.

Contestverb

To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend; as, the troops contested every inch of ground.

Contestverb

To make a subject of litigation; to defend, as a suit; to dispute or resist; as a claim, by course of law; to controvert.

Contestverb

To engage in contention, or emulation; to contend; to strive; to vie; to emulate; - followed usually by with.

Contestnoun

Earnest dispute; strife in argument; controversy; debate; altercation.

Contestnoun

Earnest struggle for superiority, victory, defense, etc.; competition; emulation; strife in arms; conflict; combat; encounter.

Contestnoun

an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants

Contestnoun

a struggle between rivals

Contestverb

to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation;

Contestnoun

an event in which people compete for supremacy in a sport or other activity, or in a quality

Contestnoun

a competition for a political position

Contestnoun

a dispute or conflict

Contestverb

engage in competition to attain (a position of power)

Contestverb

take part in (a competition or election)

Contestverb

oppose (an action or theory) as mistaken or wrong

Contestverb

engage in dispute about