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Olympiad vs athletic competition

athletic competition vs Olympiad

Olympiad and athletic competition both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
Olympiad Yes No No No
athletic competition Yes No No No
As nouns, athletic competition is a hypernym of Olympiad; that is, athletic competition is a word with a broader meaning than Olympiad:
  • Olympiad: the modern revival of the ancient games held once every 4 years in a selected country
  • athletic competition: a contest between athletes
Other hypernyms of Olympiad include athletic contest, athletics.
Olympiad (noun) athletic competition (noun)
the modern revival of the ancient games held once every 4 years in a selected country a contest between athletes
one of the four-year intervals between Olympic Games; used to reckon time in ancient Greece for twelve centuries beginning in 776 BC
Difference between Olympiad and athletic competition

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