Difference between Competitors and Rival

COMPETITORS vs RIVAL: NOUN

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.

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

Bidders, Vendors, Adversaries, Contestants, Contenders, Challengers, Compete, Competing, Entrants, Competitive, Rivals, Contender, Challenger, Competition, Rival

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

Tsps, Concurrent, Sportsmen, Opponents, Athletes, Golfers, Adversaries, Challengers, Compete, Competing, Competitive, Contender, Challenger, Competition, Rival

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

Meanwhile, look around at all of our competitors.
The market consists of a small number of large competitors and a large number of small, niche competitors.
These new competitors, as well as existing competitors, may include entrants from the telecommunications, computer software, computer services, data networking and semiconductor industries.
For JVs between competitors, to get regulatory approval, competitors should be able to do something together that they could not do alone.
Our competitors are adopting aspects of our business model, which could affect our ability to differentiate our offerings from competitors.
Service Provider shall not provide services to the direct competitors of Customer listed on Exhibit D or any successor in interest to such competitors.
Choose two competitors to follow throughout the competition and fill in the boxes associated with competitors completing this task.
Typically, there are three required steps to complete competitor analysis, namely identify competitors, assess competitors, and predict their future activities in the marketplace.
It means that they do not seek out competitors and, when approached by competitors, are not interested.
Although antitrust laws generally prohibit conduct among competitors that seeks to restrain trade, it does not forbid all interactions between competitors.

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Massapequa in the semifinals and league rival, St.
Feliz, was part of a rival gang faction.
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.
Blasio running strong against his black rival among blacks and his gay rival among gays.
Ache brothers, a rival basket ball league and rival candidate.