What's the difference between competition and rivalry?

Competition


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of seeking, or endeavoring to gain, what another is endeavoring to gain at the same time; common strife for the same objects; strife for superiority; emulous contest; rivalry, as for approbation, for a prize, or as where two or more persons are engaged in the same business and each seeking patronage; -- followed by for before the object sought, and with before the person or thing competed with.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Isotope competition studies indicated that the pathway was regulated by isoleucine.
  • (2) Competition with the labelled 10B12 MAb for binding to the purified antigen was demonstrated in sera of tumor-bearing and immune rats.
  • (3) [Ca2+]i exhibited a sigmoidal dependence on [Na+]o. Mg2+, a competitive inhibitor of Na2+-Ca2+ antiport in these cells, antagonized the increase in [Ca2+]i produced by lowering [Na+]o.
  • (4) In K+-depolarized basilar arteries, ifenprodil competitively antagonized the response to Ca2+, and this was enhanced by pre-incubation in calcium hopantenate.
  • (5) The effect of S-adenosylhomocysteine on DNA methylation was examined, and it was found at equal molar concentrations of S-adenosylhomocysteine to to S-adenosylmethionine that DNA methylation was competitively inhibited 50%.
  • (6) In order for the club to grow and sustain its ability to be a competitive force in the Premier League, the board has made a number of decisions which will strengthen the club, support the executive team, manager and his staff and enhance shareholder return.
  • (7) Furthermore, high-density catalase-positive--but not catalase-negative--E. coli can survive and multiply in the presence of competitive, peroxide-generating streptococci.
  • (8) In common with other studies, we found that the injury occurred in competitive runners, especially females, and was likely to develop during competitive races or intensive training sessions.
  • (9) "We presently are involved in a number of intellectual property lawsuits, and as we face increasing competition and gain an increasingly high profile, we expect the number of patent and other intellectual property claims against us to grow," the company said.
  • (10) The aim of this paper is to demonstrate that the problems which arise from simultaneously developing regulatory and competitive approaches to health care cost containment can be solved, if recognized, and that those problems deserve more systematic investigation than they have so far received.
  • (11) The inhibition of all three agonist responses by 1.1 mM calcium was competitive.
  • (12) The specificity of the assay was established by competitive displacement of 125I-labeled arginine-rich protein from its antiserum by arginine-rich protein and lipoproteins containing this protein, but not by rat albumin or other purified apolipoproteins.
  • (13) The interaction between adrenalin and 5-hydroxytryptamine was competitive.
  • (14) Speaking to pro-market thinktank Reform, Milburn called for “more competition” and said the shadow health team were making a “fundamental political misjudgment” by attempting to roll back policies he had overseen.
  • (15) The specificity of the assay was further demonstrated by a lack of competition of cytochrome C, myoglobin, epidermal growth factor or bovine serum albumin with bFGF for binding to the antibodies.
  • (16) A competition radioimmunoassay for murine leukemia virus p30 has been developed.
  • (17) We repeat our call for them to do so at the earliest opportunity, and to share those findings so that we can take any appropriate actions.” In the BBC programme the 29-year-old Rupp, who won 10,000m silver at the London 2012 Olympics behind Farah, was accused of having taken testosterone and being a regular user of the asthma drug prednisone, which is banned in competition.
  • (18) The figures, published in the company’s annual report , triggered immediate anger from fuel poverty campaigners who noted that energy suppliers had just been rapped over the knuckles by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) for overcharging .
  • (19) Presence of the optimum concentration is explained by a mechanism known as the non-competitive auto-inhibition.5.
  • (20) "Law is all I've ever wanted to do, but it's so competitive.

Rivalry


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of rivaling, or the state of being a rival; a competition.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A breathless Sturridge was still trying to digest his part in the game when he paid tribute to Hodgson, saying: “I’m grateful to the gaffer for allowing me to score and it’s a beautiful feeling to represent your country in the rivalry against another great country.
  • (2) In its more loose, common usage, it's a game in which the rivalry has come to acquire the mad, rancorous intensity of a Celtic-Rangers, a Real Madrid-Barcelona, an Arsenal-Tottenham, a River Plate-Boca Juniors.
  • (3) Permanent suppression produced a reduction in spectral sensitivity; however, in contrast to binocular rivalry suppression, the sensitivity alterations associated with permanent suppression were independent of the test-probe wavelength.
  • (4) Most visible has been the rivalry between Iglesias and Podemos’s policy chief and number two, Iñigo Errejón.
  • (5) This was done for both clinical suppressors and normal observers undergoing binocular rivalry suppression.
  • (6) Given this previous rivalry between Ali Muhsin and Ahmed Saleh, the president's son, an important question is what position Ahmed will adopt.
  • (7) The Midwest It wouldn't take a lot to make another underserved area of the country grow more potential marketable rivalries, if a viable owner could be found in St Louis .
  • (8) January 4, 2016 Their rivalry may have played a role in the disappearance of 43 students in Guerrero in 2014.
  • (9) Similarly literary and pensive was Clouds of Sils Maria , in which France's Olivier Assayas combined some modish themes — the internet, celebrity gossip, superhero movies — with some hoarier themes regarding the theatre-cinema divide, ageing and female rivalry.
  • (10) The results are discussed in terms of independent pathways for corresponding and rivalry stimulation.
  • (11) Thus do peaches and nectarines turn into issues involving debt mountains, military no-go zones and historic ethnic rivalries.
  • (12) A rsenal versus Manchester United was a fixture that dominated the chase for trophies in the late 90s and early Noughties – a rivalry in no small part formed by an epic FA Cup semi-final replay in 1999.
  • (13) When I first moved down from Sheffield, obviously, you know about the Spurs and Arsenal rivalry,” Walker says.
  • (14) Eddie Hearn on Friday handed Amir Khan and Kell Brook the ultimate incentive to bring one of British boxing’s most frustrating rivalries to a dramatic conclusion: a Wembley date in high summer.
  • (15) Meanwhile, as befits two heavyweights, there was, before Paris, an edge detectable in Tinseth's voice as he talked of the "strong rivalry" and accused Airbus of holding back orders for the show.
  • (16) The company’s parent, Centrica , said falling gas and power prices had brought new suppliers to the market, intensifying the rivalry for customers.
  • (17) As Brady and Manning close in on the end of their careers, it has been speculated that Seattle’s Wilson and San Francisco’s Kaepernick will provide the league with its next great quarterbacking rivalry.
  • (18) Clash of the sofas: BBC v ITV An age-old rivalry with plenty of previous, gone are the days where you'd sigh when you found out a match was on ITV not BBC.
  • (19) The different patterns of suppression shown by the normal and esotropic subjects suggest that strabismic observers do not demonstrate normal binocular rivalry, and that strabismic suppression and normal binocular rivalry suppression are mediated by different neural mechanisms.
  • (20) Let me assure you, this is the best planet.” Bezos and Musk have developed an intense personal rivalry, says Ashlee Vance.