Difference between Competitor and Rival

COMPETITOR vs RIVAL: NOUN

One who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; a rival.
An associate; a confederate.
A person or organization against whom one is competing.
A participant in a competition, especially in athletics.
One who competes with another in zeal for the same cause; a zealous associate or confederate; a comrade.
One who competes; one who contends for and endeavors to obtain what another seeks at the same time, or claims what another claims; a rival.
The contestant you hope to defeat
One that competes with another, as in sports or business; a rival.

The contestant you hope to defeat
One who attempts to equal or surpass another, or who pursues the same object as another; a competitor.
One that equals or almost equals another in a particular respect.
A companion or an associate in a particular duty.
One having a common right or privilege with another; an associate; an alternating partner or companion in duty.
One who is in pursuit of the same object as another; one who strives to reach or obtain something which another is attempting to obtain, and which only one can possess; a competitor: as, rivals in love; rivals for a crown.
One who emulates or strives to equal or exceed another in excellence; a competitor; an antagonist: as, two rivals in eloquence.
Synonyms and See emulation.
A person having a common right or privilege with another; a partner.
A competitor (person, team, company, etc.) who is well known to another and has similar skills and achievements. Defeating a rival may be a primary or necessary goal of a competitor.
Someone or something with similar claims of quality or distinction as another.

Having the same pretensions or claims; standing in competition for superiority: as, rival lovers; rival claims or pretensions.
To stand in competition with; seek to gain something in opposition to: as, to rival one in love.
To strive to equal or excel; emulate.
To be a competitor; act as a rival.
As a rival in a competition

Runner, Bidder, Skater, Opponent, Athlete, Player, Racer, Entrant, Competing, Competitive, Adversary, Contender, Challenger, Competition, Rival

Opponent, Rivalry, Adversary, Competitors, Foe, Competitory, Touch, Equal, Match, Competitive, Competition, Contender, Competing, Challenger, Competitor

Guy, Runner, Skater, Opponent, Athlete, Player, Racer, Entrant, Competing, Competitive, Adversary, Contender, Challenger, Competition, Rival

Opponent, Rivalry, Adversary, Competitors, Foe, Competitory, Touch, Equal, Match, Competitive, Competition, Contender, Competing, Challenger, Competitor

Dean Ambrose got a lot of success both as a singles competitor and as a tag team competitor in WWE.
When Garbe picked up a personal prescription at a competitor pharmacy, he discovered the competitor pharmacy had charged his Medicare Par.
Make physical contact with any other competitor at any time each competitor will with.
This proposal has been submitted, independently, without collusion with other Vendors or with any competitor or potential competitor.
This Facebook competitor analysis tool provides competitor benchmarking so you can compare your page and post performance against any public page or profile.
The Radeon sure is a top competitor when it comes to gaming, but a huge competitor in Ethereum mining as well.
At the request of a competitor, this SPA may be applied her negotiations between the parties and that competitor.
No competitor will falsify score, or classification, nor that of any other competitor, nor be an accessory thereto.
No competitor gets a second chance, unless the Head Judge determines that the competitor has been unintentionally wronged.
To track competitor data please enter full URL of the competitor channel or user URL.

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When a firm can do something that rival firms cannot do, or owns something that rival firms desire, that can represent a competitive advantage.
Did President Obama or Vice President Biden ever ask you to investigate a political rival or to go easy on a political rival?
Rival explanations Rival explanations are alternative hypotheses or statements of relationship that are mutually exclusive with the theoretical proposition that they are paired with.
Russia, but a Thucydidean rival, a genuine Thucydidean rival.
Called his rival at Bell Labs to tell him about the invention inventor called his rival Bell.
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