Compete and Seek

Compete

Compete verb - To engage in a contest.

Seek and compete are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Seek" instead a verb "Compete".

Seek

Seek verb - To go in search of.

Compete and seek are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Compete" instead a verb "Seek".

Nearby Words: seeking, seeker

Common collocations

time compete time seek time
way compete way seek way
game compete game seek game
nothing compete nothing seek nothing
Other words: enemies.

Both words in one sentence

  • She grew up with the Dalish, who gave her the chance to seek revenge by competing in a tournament of skill, although she had to disguise herself as a man to compete.
  • Love Triangle While Eirika, the female lead, has four major love interests, one of them, Prince Innes, and the Big Bad Lyon, initiate this trope, sort of: both seek to compete with her own brother, Ephraim, for her hand.
    Source: Love Triangle
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