Conflict vs. Strife — What's the Difference?

A serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one

Heated, often violent conflict or disagreement.

Be incompatible or at variance; clash

A conflict or quarrel

A state of open, often prolonged fighting; a battle or war.

Contention or competition between rivals.

A state of disagreement or disharmony between persons or ideas; a clash

Striving; earnest endeavor; hard work.

(Psychology) An emotional or mental disturbance resulting from the opposition or simultaneous functioning of mutually exclusive impulses, desires, or tendencies.

Exertion or contention for superiority, either by physical or intellectual means.

Opposition between characters or forces in a work of drama or fiction, especially when motivating or shaping the action of the plot.

Bitter conflict, sometimes violent.

To be in or come into opposition; differ.

(colloquial) A trouble of any kind.

(Archaic) To engage in warfare.

(obsolete) That which is contended against; occasion of contest.

A clash or disagreement, often violent, between two or more opposing groups or individuals.

The act of striving; earnest endeavor.

Exertion or contention for superiority; contest of emulation, either by intellectual or physical efforts.

(intransitive) To be at odds (with); to disagree or be incompatible

Altercation; violent contention; fight; battle.

(intransitive) To overlap (with), as in a schedule.

That which is contended against; occasion of contest.

A striking or dashing together; violent collision; as, a conflict of elements or waves.

Lack of agreement or harmony

A strife for the mastery; hostile contest; battle; struggle; fighting.

Bitter conflict; heated often violent dissension

To strike or dash together; to meet in violent collision; to collide.

To maintain a conflict; to contend; to engage in strife or opposition; to struggle.

To be in opposition; to be contradictory.

An open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals);

Opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings;

A hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war;

A state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests;

An incompatibility of dates or events;

Opposition in a work of drama or fiction between characters or forces (especially an opposition that motivates the development of the plot);

A disagreement or argument about something important;

Be in conflict;

Go against, as of rules and laws;