Struggler vs. Straggler — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Struggler and Straggler
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Struggler
To exert muscular energy, as against a material force or mass
Struggled with the heavy load.
Straggler
To move or proceed slowly or in a scattered or irregular group
"The millworkers straggled out for lunch" (Carson McCullers).
Struggler
To be strenuously engaged with a problem, task, or undertaking
Struggled for years before breaking through as an actor.
Straggler
To move or lag behind another or others
"Bawling calves straggled after cows" (Jean M. Auel).
Struggler
To have difficulty or make a strenuous effort doing something
Struggled to be polite.
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Straggler
To extend or be spread out
"The willow herb straggled over the heaps of rubble" (George Orwell).
Struggler
To move or progress with difficulty
Struggled up the steep slope.
Straggler
To hang limply or loosely
"the potbellied man, whose dirty hair straggled to his shoulders" (Stephen King).
Struggler
To contend or compete
"Right and wrong ... will ever continue to struggle" (Abraham Lincoln).
Straggler
A scattered or disorderly group, as of people or things.
Struggler
To move or place (something) with an effort
Struggled the heavy desk into the elevator.
Straggler
A person who straggles, or departs from the direct or proper course, or from the company to which they belong.
Struggler
The act of struggling
The rat's struggle to escape the snake's coils.
Straggler
One who falls behind the rest, for example in a race.
Struggler
A strenuous effort in the face of difficulty
The struggle for civil rights.
Straggler
One who roams without any settled direction.
Struggler
Strife, contention, or combat
Armed struggle.
Straggler
A migratory animal found away from its usual range.
Struggler
Something that is difficult to do or achieve
Getting him to agree will be a struggle.
Straggler
A roving vagabond.
Struggler
One who struggles.
Straggler
Something that shoots, or spreads out, beyond the rest, or too far; an exuberant growth.
Struggler
One who struggles.
Straggler
Something that stands alone or by itself.
Struggler
A person who struggles with difficulties or with great effort
Straggler
One who straggles, or departs from the direct or proper course, or from the company to which he belongs; one who falls behind the rest; one who rambles without any settled direction.
Straggler
A roving vagabond.
Straggler
Something that shoots, or spreads out, beyond the rest, or too far; an exuberant growth.
Let thy hand supply the pruning knife,And crop luxuriant stragglers.
Straggler
Something that stands alone or by itself.
Straggler
Someone who strays or falls behind
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