strife

As nouns the difference between strife and envy

is that strife is conflict, sometimes violent, usually brief or limited in scope while envy is resentful desire of something possessed by another or others (but not limited to material possessions).

As a verb envy is

to feel displeasure or hatred towards (someone) for their good fortune or possessions.

As a noun strife

is conflict, sometimes violent, usually brief or limited in scope.

As a verb restrain is

  To control or keep in check.

As a noun strife

is conflict, sometimes violent, usually brief or limited in scope.

As a verb suffocate is

(ergative) to suffer, or cause someone to suffer, from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body.

As an adjective suffocate is

(obsolete) suffocated; choked.

As nouns the difference between stive and strife

is that stive is a stew while strife is conflict, sometimes violent, usually brief or limited in scope.

As a verb stive

is to be stifled or suffocated.

As nouns the difference between strife and wager

is that strife is conflict, sometimes violent, usually brief or limited in scope while wager is something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question; a bet; a stake; a pledge.

As a verb wager is

to bet something; to put it up as collateral.

As nouns the difference between strife and sedition

is that strife is conflict, sometimes violent, usually brief or limited in scope while sedition is organized incitement of rebellion or civil disorder against authority or the state, usually by speech or writing.

As nouns the difference between spats and strife

is that spats is while strife is conflict, sometimes violent, usually brief or limited in scope.

As nouns the difference between rift and strife

is that rift is a chasm or fissure while strife is conflict, sometimes violent, usually brief or limited in scope.

As a verb rift

is to form a rift.

As nouns the difference between strife and competition

is that strife is conflict, sometimes violent, usually brief or limited in scope while competition is the action of competing.

As nouns the difference between strife and clash

is that strife is conflict, sometimes violent, usually brief or limited in scope while clash is (onomatopoeia) a loud sound.

As a verb clash is

to make a loud clash.