emulate vs vie

emulate and vie both are verbs.

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

As verbs, vie is a hypernym of emulate; that is, vie is a word with a broader meaning than emulate:

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

Other hypernyms of emulate include compete, contend.

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