Contest vs. Compete

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

Competeverb

To be in battle or in a rivalry with another for the same thing, position, or reward; to contend

Competeverb

To be in a position in which it is possible to win or triumph.

Competeverb

To take part in a contest, game or similar event

Competeverb

To contend emulously; to seek or strive for the same thing, position, or reward for which another is striving; to contend in rivalry, as for a prize or in business; as, tradesmen compete with one another.

Competeverb

compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others

Competeverb

strive to gain or win something by defeating or establishing superiority over others

Competeverb

be able to rival another or others

Competeverb

take part in a contest