different between tournament vs rivalry

English

Etymology

Old French tornoiement (Modern French tournoiement) from the verb tornoier.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?t??n?m?nt/, /?t??n?m?nt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?t??n?m?nt/, /?t?n?m?nt/, /?t??n?m?nt/
• Hyphenation: tour?na?ment

Noun

tournament (plural tournaments)

1. (historical) During the Middle Ages, a series of battles and other contests designed to prepare knights for war.
2. A series of games; either the same game played many times, or a succession of games related by a single theme; played competitively to determine a single winning team or individual.
3. (graph theory) A digraph obtained by assigning a direction to each edge in an undirected complete graph.

Synonyms

• (Middle Ages, contests, games, battles): tourney
• (contests, sports, games): tourney

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ?????? (t?namento)

Translations

English

Etymology

rival +? -ry?

Pronunciation

• (US, UK) IPA^(key): /??a?.v?l.?i/

Noun

rivalry (countable and uncountable, plural rivalries)

1. An ongoing relationship between (usually two) rivals who compete for superiority.

   The Boston Bruins have a longstanding rivalry with the Montreal Canadiens.

   James and Polly have a bitter rivalry due to the latter's inclusion in the Tea Time Teaser.

2. (economics) The characteristic of being a rivalrous good, such that it can be consumed or used by only one person at a time.

3. Any competition between two or more things or factors.

   Binocular rivalry is a visual phenomenon in which perception alternates between different images presented to each eye.

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