different between rivalship vs emulation

English

Etymology

From rival +? -ship.

Noun

rivalship (countable and uncountable, plural rivalships)

1. (now rare). Rivalry. [from 17th c.]
   • 1776, Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations, page 759:

     Where the competition is free, the rivalship of competitors, who are all endeavouring to justle one another out of employment, obliges every man to endeavour to execute his work with a certain degree of exactness.

References

• rivalship in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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