competition vs series

series vs competition

competition and series both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
competition	Yes	No	No	No
series	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, series is a hyponym of competition; that is, series is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than competition:

competition: an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants
series: (sports) several contests played successively by the same teams

Other hyponyms of competition include game, athletic competition, athletic contest, athletics, bout, championship, chicken, cliffhanger, dogfight, race, tournament, tourney, playoff, rubber, field trial, match, tournament, race, spelldown, spelling bee, spelling contest, trial.

competition (noun)	series (noun)
the act of competing as for profit or a prize	(mathematics) the sum of a finite or infinite sequence of expressions
an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants	a periodical that appears at scheduled times
the contestant you hope to defeat	a serialized set of programs
a business relation in which two parties compete to gain customers	(sports) several contests played successively by the same teams
	similar things placed in order or happening one after another
	a group of postage stamps having a common theme or a group of coins or currency selected as a group for study or collection
	(electronics) connection of components in such a manner that current flows first through one and then through the other

Difference between competition and series

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