different between lottery vs sweepstake
lottery
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian lotteria, from the same root as Old English hlot (cognate with English lot). Compare French loterie (from Middle Dutch loterie).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?l?t??i/, /?l?t?i/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?l?t?i/
- Hyphenation: lot?te?ry
Noun
lottery (plural lotteries)
- A scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance, especially a gaming scheme in which one or more tickets bearing particular numbers draw prizes, the other tickets are blanks.
- (figuratively) Something decided by chance.
- (obsolete) Allotment; a thing allotted.
Derived terms
- genetic lottery
- lotologist (probably)
- lotterylike
- lottery ticket
- postcode lottery
Translations
lottery From the web:
- what lottery is tonight
- what lottery plays tonight
- what lottery plays today
- what lottery is tonight in texas
- what lottery is today
- what lottery game is tonight
- what lottery drawings are tonight
- what lottery goes off tonight
sweepstake
English
Alternative forms
- swoopstake (dialectal)
Etymology
sweep +? stake
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?swip?ste?k/
Noun
sweepstake (plural sweepstakes)
- A lottery in which the prize or prizes constitute all the money paid by the participants.
- (US) A prize draw.
Translations
sweepstake From the web:
- what sweepstakes are legit
- what sweepstakes
- what sweepstakes are real
- what sweepstakes are open
- what sweepstakes meaning
- what sweepstakes prizes
- what sweepstakes route
- what sweepstake do
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