one-on-one vs one-to-one

one-on-one

adj
  • Involving direct communication or competition between two people. 

  • bijective or injective 

  • Involving one attacker and one defender. 

noun
  • A contest involving only one player on each side, especially of an activity often involving teams. 

one-to-one

adj
  • Involving direct communication between two people. 

  • Matching each member of one set with exactly one member of another set. 

  • Injective, being an injection: having the property that no two elements of the domain are mapped to the same image. 

noun
  • A personal relationship between two people. 

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