Contest vs. Game

(uncountable) Controversy; debate.

Example: ‘no contest’;

(uncountable) Struggle for superiority; combat.

(countable) A competition.

Example: ‘The child entered the spelling contest.’;

(intransitive) To contend.

Example: ‘I will contest for the open seat on the board.’;

(transitive) To call into question; to oppose.

Example: ‘The rival contested the dictator's re-election because of claims of voting irregularities.’;

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

Example: ‘The troops contested every inch of ground.’;

(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.

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

Example: ‘The people . . . contested not what was done.’; ‘Few philosophical aphorisms have been more frequenty repeated, few more contested than this.’;

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

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

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

Example: ‘The difficulty of an argument adds to the pleasure of contesting with it, when there are hopes of victory.’; ‘Of man, who dares in pomp with Jove contest?’;

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

Example: ‘Leave all noisy contests, all immodest clamors and brawling language.’;

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

Example: ‘The late battle had, in effect, been a contest between one usurper and another.’; ‘It was fully expected that the contest there would be long and fierce.’;

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

a struggle between rivals

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

Example: ‘They contested the outcome of the race’;

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

Example: ‘a tennis contest’;

a competition for a political position

Example: ‘a leadership contest’;

a dispute or conflict

Example: ‘a contest between traditional and liberal views’;

engage in competition to attain (a position of power)

Example: ‘she declared her intention to contest the presidency’;

take part in (a competition or election)

Example: ‘a coalition was formed to contest the presidential elections’;

oppose (an action or theory) as mistaken or wrong

Example: ‘the former chairman contests his dismissal’;

engage in dispute about

Example: ‘the issues have been hotly contested’;

A playful or competitive activity.

A playful activity that may be unstructured; an amusement or pastime.

Example: ‘Being a child is all fun and games.’;

(countable) An activity described by a set of rules, especially for the purpose of entertainment, often competitive or having an explicit goal.

Example: ‘Games in the classroom can make learning fun.’;

(countable) A particular instance of playing a game; match.

Example: ‘Sally won the game.’; ‘They can turn the game around in the second half.’;

That which is gained, such as the stake in a game.

The number of points necessary to win a game.

Example: ‘In short whist, five points are game.’;

(card games) In some games, a point awarded to the player whose cards add up to the largest sum.

(countable) The equipment that enables such activity, particularly as packaged under a title.

Example: ‘Some of the games in the closet we have on the computer as well.’;

One's manner, style, or performance in playing a game.

Example: ‘Study can help your game of chess.’; ‘Hit the gym if you want to toughen up your game.’;

An amorous dalliance.

(countable) A video game.

A field of gainful activity, as an industry or profession.

Example: ‘When it comes to making sales, John is the best in the game.’; ‘He's in the securities game somehow.’;

Something that resembles a game with rules, despite not being designed.

Example: ‘In the game of life, you may find yourself playing the waiting game far too often.’;

An exercise simulating warfare, whether computerized or involving human participants.

(uncountable) Wild animals hunted for food.

Example: ‘The forest has plenty of game.’;

The ability to seduce someone, usually by strategy.

Example: ‘He didn't get anywhere with her because he had no game.’;

Mastery; the ability to excel at something.

(countable) A questionable or unethical practice in pursuit of a goal; a scheme.

Example: ‘You want to borrow my credit card for a week? What's your game?’;

(colloquial) Willing to participate.

(of an animal) That shows a tendency to continue to fight against another animal, despite being wounded, often severely.

Persistent, especially in senses similar to the above.

Injured, lame (of a limb).

(intransitive) To gamble.

(intransitive) To play video games.

(transitive) To exploit loopholes in a system or bureaucracy in a way which defeats or nullifies the spirit of the rules in effect, usually to obtain a result which otherwise would be unobtainable.

Example: ‘We'll bury them in paperwork, and game the system.’;

To perform premeditated seduction strategy.

Crooked; lame; as, a game leg.

Having a resolute, unyielding spirit, like the gamecock; ready to fight to the last; plucky.

Example: ‘I was game . . . .I felt that I could have fought even to the death.’;

Of or pertaining to such animals as are hunted for game, or to the act or practice of hunting.

Sport of any kind; jest, frolic.

Example: ‘We have had pastimes here, and pleasant game.’;

A contest, physical or mental, according to certain rules, for amusement, recreation, or for winning a stake; as, a game of chance; games of skill; field games, etc.

Example: ‘But war's a game, which, were their subject wise,Kings would not play at.’;

The use or practice of such a game; a single match at play; a single contest; as, a game at cards.

Example: ‘Talk the game o'er between the deal.’;

That which is gained, as the stake in a game; also, the number of points necessary to be scored in order to win a game; as, in short whist five points are game.

In some games, a point credited on the score to the player whose cards counts up the highest.

A scheme or art employed in the pursuit of an object or purpose; method of procedure; projected line of operations; plan; project.

Example: ‘Your murderous game is nearly up.’; ‘It was obviously Lord Macaulay's game to blacken the greatest literary champion of the cause he had set himself to attack.’;

Animals pursued and taken by sportsmen; wild meats designed for, or served at, table.

Example: ‘Those species of animals . . . distinguished from the rest by the well-known appellation of game.’;

To rejoice; to be pleased; - often used, in Old English, impersonally with dative.

Example: ‘God loved he best with all his whole hearteAt alle times, though him gamed or smarte.’;

To play at any sport or diversion.

To play for a stake or prize; to use cards, dice, billiards, or other instruments, according to certain rules, with a view to win money or some other thing waged upon the issue of the contest; to gamble.

a single play of a game;

Example: ‘the game lasted 2 hours’;

a contest with rules to determine a winner;

Example: ‘you need four people to play this game’;

an amusement or pastime;

Example: ‘they played word games’; ‘he thought of his painting as a game that filled his empty time’; ‘his life was all fun and games’;

animal hunted for food or sport

the game equipment needed to play a game;

Example: ‘the child received several games for his birthday’;

your occupation or line of work;

Example: ‘he's in the plumbing game’; ‘she's in show biz’;

(games) the score at a particular point or the score needed to win;

Example: ‘the game is 6 all’; ‘he is serving for the game’;

the flesh of wild animals that is used for food

a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal);

Example: ‘they concocted a plot to discredit the governor’; ‘I saw through his little game from the start’;

frivolous or trifling behavior;

Example: ‘for actors, memorizing lines is no game’; ‘for him, life is all fun and games’;

place a bet on;

Example: ‘Which horse are you backing?’; ‘I'm betting on the new horse’;

disabled in the feet or legs;

Example: ‘a crippled soldier’; ‘a game leg’;

willing to face danger

A game is a structured form of play, usually undertaken for entertainment or fun, and sometimes used as an educational tool. Games are distinct from work, which is usually carried out for remuneration, and from art, which is more often an expression of aesthetic or ideological elements.