It's not how you define it that counts. It's how your employer defines it that counts. And without reading the entire non-compete agreement there is no way of knowing if taking that one sentence out of context gets you off the hook.

For example, if the agreement says don't compete against the company and then says selling widgets is deemed to be competing against the company, it still says don't compete against the company even if you eliminate the widget part. That's why who entire agreement has to be analyzed.

That being said, a contract that is ambiguous is generally construed against the person who wrote it where the other person had no option of negotiating terms.

What makes a non-compete so deadly is that nothing prevents a lawsuit from being handed to you and then you get to spend thousands arguing it in court.