Difference between Rival and Contender

RIVAL vs CONTENDER: NOUN

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.
The contestant you hope to defeat

As a rival in a competition
Having the same pretensions or claims; standing in competition for superiority: as, rival lovers; rival claims or pretensions.
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.

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

Contestant, Favorite, Suitor, Aspirant, Nominee, Opponent, Champ, Candidate, Champion, Pretender, Frontrunner, Competition, Rival, Competitor, Challenger

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

Contestant, Favorite, Suitor, Aspirant, Nominee, Opponent, Champ, Candidate, Champion, Pretender, Frontrunner, Competition, Rival, Competitor, Challenger

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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.