vie vs emulate

vie and emulate both are verbs.

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

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

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

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

vie (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