contest vs race
race vs contestcontest and race both are nouns.
contest and race both are verbs.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| contest | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| race | Yes | No | Yes | No |
As nouns,
race is a hyponym of
contest; that is, race is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
contest:
- contest: an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants
- race: a contest of speed
Other hyponyms of contest include
game, athletic competition, athletic contest, athletics, bout, championship, chicken, cliffhanger, dogfight, tournament, tourney, playoff, rubber, series, field trial, match, tournament, spelldown, spelling bee, spelling contest, trial.
| contest (noun) | race (noun) |
|---|---|
| a struggle between rivals | a canal for a current of water |
| an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants | a contest of speed |
| any competition | |
| people who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock | |
| (biology) a taxonomic group that is a division of a species; usually arises as a consequence of geographical isolation within a species | |
| the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller |
| contest (verb) | race (verb) |
|---|---|
| to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation | compete in a race |
| move hurridly | |
| cause to move fast or to rush or race | |
| to work as fast as possible towards a goal, sometimes in competition with others |
Words related to "contest"
- athletic competition
- athletic contest
- athletics
- battle of wits
- bidding contest
- bout
- challenge
- championship
- chicken
- cliffhanger
- competition
- contend
- contention
- contestable
- contestation
- contestee
- contester
- dispute
- dogfight
- field trial
- gainsay
- game
- match
- oppose
- playoff
- popularity contest
- race
- repugn
- rivalry
- rubber
- series
- social event
- spelldown
- spelling bee
- spelling contest
- tournament
- tourney
- trial
Words related to "race"
- Amerindian race
- Black race
- Caucasian race
- Caucasoid race
- Herrenvolk
- Mongolian race
- Mongoloid race
- Negro race
- Negroid race
- White people
- White race
- Yellow race
- act
- airstream
- arms race
- auto race
- automobile race
- backwash
- barge
- belt along
- bicycle race
- bike race
- biological science
- biology
- boat race
- boat-race
- buck
- bucket along
- burnup
- bustle
- bustle about
- campaign
- canal
- cannonball along
- car race
- charge
- chariot race
- compete
- competition
- contend
- contest
- cross country
- dart
- dash
- displace
- dog racing
- flash
- flow
- foot race
- footrace
- freestyle
- go
- group
- grouping
- hasten
- heat
- hie
- horse race
- horse-race
- hotfoot
- hustle
- locomote
- master race
- move
- pelt along
- people of color
- people of colour
- place
- political campaign
- potato race
- push forward
- racer
- raceway
- racial
- racing
- racy
- relay
- relay race
- repechage
- run
- rush
- rush along
- sack race
- scoot
- scratch race
- scud
- shoot
- shoot down
- show
- ski race
- skiing race
- slipstream
- speed
- speed skate
- stampede
- step on it
- subspecies
- taxon
- taxonomic category
- taxonomic group
- tear
- thrust ahead
- travel
- vie
- wash
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