race vs competition

race and competition both are nouns.

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

As nouns, competition is a hypernym of race; that is, competition is a word with a broader meaning than race:

race: a contest of speed
competition: an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants

Other hypernyms of race include contest.

As nouns, competition is a hypernym of race; that is, competition is a word with a broader meaning than race:

race: any competition
competition: an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants

Other hypernyms of race include contest.

race (noun)	competition (noun)
a canal for a current of water	the act of competing as for profit or a prize
a contest of speed	an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants
any competition	the contestant you hope to defeat
people who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock	a business relation in which two parties compete to gain customers
(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

race (verb)	competition (verb)
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