Was ist der Unterschied zwischen vie und compete ?Du kannst auch einfach Beispielsätze geben.

The words "vie" and "compete" mean the same thing for the most part. The difference is that with "vie" you have *direct* competition for an objective. Like runners who "vie" to get a gold medal in the Olympics. They are competing, but against one another.

With "compete" it is more general. You are not necessarily competing against someone directly. Like a business that is "competing" for market share. Yes they are competing against other businesses, but not directly. The word can even be used to talk about "competing with yourself" to strive to be better in life.

In any case, you can almost always just use the word "compete" instead of "vie" and it will be okay. But you can't always use "vie" instead of "compete".