Difference between Decathlon and Pentathlon
What is the difference between Decathlon and Pentathlon?
Decathlon as a noun is an athletic contest consisting of ten events which includes sprinting, hurdling, jumping, and throwing over a span of two days while Pentathlon as a noun is an ancient athletics discipline, featuring five events: stadion, wrestling, long jump, javelin and discus
Decathlon
Part of speech: noun
Definition: an athletic contest consisting of ten events which includes sprinting, hurdling, jumping, and throwing over a span of two days
a contest in science and math proving skill
Pentathlon
Part of speech: noun
Definition: An ancient athletics discipline, featuring five events: stadion, wrestling, long jump, javelin and discusmodern pentathlon
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