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Both mean "victory" so I would like to know when is it more convenient to use
**勝ち** , and when shoud I use **勝利** ?

Is one of them more polite ?
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meaning word-choice words wago-and-kango
What is the difference between 勝利 and 勝ち?
The difference is that one of the two is originally Japanese and the other has
been loaned from Chinese. We have a million word pairs like that if you did
not know it.

「勝{か}ち」 is an originally Japanese word as I hope you could tell from its
sounds/reading.

「勝利{しょうり}」 is a Sino-loanword.

The big rule of thumb is that in such word pairs, the Sino-loanword is usually
more formal, technical, academic, etc. than the more intuitive original
Japanese word. 勝利 vs. 勝ち is no exception. 勝利 sounds more formal than 勝ち.

> Is one of them more polite ?

No, this has nothing to do with politeness. 「勝利」 simply is a "bigger" word
than 「勝ち」 just as "profound" is a bigger word than "deep" for English-
speakers.
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