Strife vs. Strive — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Strife and Strive
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Strife
Heated, often violent conflict or disagreement.
Strive
Make great efforts to achieve or obtain something
National movements were striving for independence
We must strive to secure steady growth
Strife
A conflict or quarrel
"His mind seemed older than theirs.
Strive
To exert much effort or energy; endeavor.
Strife
Contention or competition between rivals.
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Strive
To struggle or fight forcefully; contend
Strive against injustice.
Strife
Striving; earnest endeavor; hard work.
Strive
To try to achieve a result; to make strenuous effort; to try earnestly and persistently.
He strove to excel.
We strive for the truth.
Strife
Exertion or contention for superiority, either by physical or intellectual means.
Strive
To struggle in opposition; to be in contention or dispute; to contend; to contest.
To strive against fate
Strife
Bitter conflict, sometimes violent.
Strive
To vie; to compete as a rival.
Strife
(colloquial) A trouble of any kind.
Strive
To make efforts; to use exertions; to endeavor with earnestness; to labor hard.
Was for this his ambition stroveTo equal Cæsar first, and after, Jove?
Strife
(obsolete) That which is contended against; occasion of contest.
Strive
To struggle in opposition; to be in contention or dispute; to contend; to contest; - followed by against or with before the person or thing opposed; as, strive against temptation; strive for the truth.
My Spirit shall not always strive with man.
Why dost thou strive against him?
Now private pity strove with public hate,Reason with rage, and eloquence with fate.
Strife
The act of striving; earnest endeavor.
Strive
To vie; to compete; to be a rival.
[Not] that sweet groveOf Daphne, by Orontes and the inspiredCastalian spring, might with this paradiseOf Eden strive.
Strife
Exertion or contention for superiority; contest of emulation, either by intellectual or physical efforts.
Doting about questions and strifes of words.
Thus gods contended - noble strife -Who most should ease the wants of life.
Strive
An effort; a striving.
Strife
Altercation; violent contention; fight; battle.
Twenty of them fought in this black strife.
These vows, thus granted, raised a strife aboveBetwixt the god of war and queen of love.
Strive
Strife; contention.
Strife
That which is contended against; occasion of contest.
Strive
Attempt by employing effort;
We endeavor to make our customers happy
Strife
Lack of agreement or harmony
Strive
To exert much effort or energy;
Straining our ears to hear
Strife
Bitter conflict; heated often violent dissension
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