different between emulation vs emulous

English

Alternative forms

• æmulation (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle French émulation, from Latin aemul?ti?nem, accusative singular form of aemul?ti?.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??m.j??le??.??n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??m.ju?le??.??n/, /-??n/
• Rhymes: -e???n, -e???n

Noun

emulation (countable and uncountable, plural emulations)

1. The endeavor or desire to equal or excel someone else in qualities or actions.

   a great figure who is worthy of respect and emulation

2. (obsolete) Jealous rivalry; envy; envious contention.
   • , New York Review Books 2001, p.263:

     Scarce two gentlemen dwell together in the country […] , but there is emulation betwixt them and their servants, some quarrel or some grudge betwixt their wives or children […]

3. (computing) Running a program or other software designed for a different system, by simulating parts of the other system.

Related terms

• emulate
• emulative
• emulator

Translations

Anagrams

• Manuelito, laumonite

English

Alternative forms

• æmulous (archaic)

Etymology

From Latin aemulus (“striving to equal or excel, rivaling; in a bad sense, envious, jealous”), from Ancient Greek ?????????? (hamilláomai, “strive, contend”), akin to Latin imitari (“to imitate”); see imitate.

Adjective

emulous (comparative more emulous, superlative most emulous)

1. Ambitious or competitive.
   • 1859, George Meredith, The Ordeal of Richard Feverel, Chapter 1:

     A dozen 'emulous oung persons in, or just out of, pinafores, swift-runners, had taken the field.

Related terms

• emulate
• emulation

Derived terms

Further reading

• emulous in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• emulous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “emulous”, in Online Etymology Dictionary