compete vs emulate

compete and emulate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
compete	No	No	Yes	No
emulate	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, emulate is a hyponym of compete; that is, emulate is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than compete:

compete: compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others
emulate: compete with successfully; approach or reach equality with

Other hyponyms of compete include go for, try for, play, run off, race, run, rival, equal, match, rival, touch.

compete (verb)	emulate (verb)
compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others	compete with successfully; approach or reach equality with
	strive to equal or match, especially by imitating
	imitate the function of (another system), as by modifying the hardware or the software