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"competitive edge" vs "competitive advantage"

What is the difference between competitive edge and competitive advantage?

Clifford
  

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[/nq] None for me. An "edge" is an "advantage" in my dialect (AmE), only shorter. Franke: EFL teacher & medical editor For email, replace numbers with English alphabet.

  • [/nq] None for me.
  • An "edge" is an "advantage" in my dialect (AmE), only shorter.
  • Franke: EFL teacher & medical editor For email, replace numbers with English alphabet.
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Clifford wrote on 17 Mar 2005:
[nq:1]What is the difference between competitive edge and competitive advantage?[/nq]
None for me. An "edge" is an "advantage" in my dialect (AmE), only shorter.

Franke: EFL teacher & medical editor
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[nq:1]What is the difference between competitive edge and competitive advantage?[/nq]
The same difference as that between a mobile solution and a static one.

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[nq:1]What is the difference between competitive edge and competitive advantage?[/nq]
To my ear, if you have a competitive advantage over someone or some company it is likely to have been acquired more honestly than if you have a competitive edge.
There are no synonyms in the English language, as I see it. No exact ones, anyway, or else why have the two words or phrases lasted? English is
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[nq:2]What is the difference between competitive edge and competitive advantage?[/nq]
[nq:1]To my ear, if you have a competitive advantage over someone or some company it is likely to have been acquired more honestly than if you have a competitive edge.[/nq]
I agree. A competitive advantage is usually the result of having a better product or the means to offer a better price. A competitive
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[nq:2]To my ear, if you have a competitive advantage over ... acquired more honestly than if you have a competitive edge.[/nq]
[nq:1]I agree. A competitive advantage is usually the result of having a better product or the means to offer a better price. A competitive edge is the purchasing agent being your brother-in-law. Tony Cooper Orlando FL[/nq]
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