different between powerlifting vs strongman

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power +? lifting

powerlifting (uncountable)

(sports) A strength sport, consisting of three events: the squat, the bench press, and the deadlift. The maximum weight lifted in each event is totalled for a final score.
- 1988, Frederick C. Hatfield, "Powersource: Ties that bind", Ironman 47 (6): 21.
  For the first several years of my exclusive career in powerlifting, I couldn't bench too well.
(disability sports) A strength parasport, consisting of a single-rep benchpress.

strong +? -man

strongman (plural strongmen)

Someone who performs feats of strength, sometimes in competitions or in a circus.
A forceful or brutal person, usually a ruler or tyrant.

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