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Driven vs Striving - What's the difference?

driven | striving |

As verbs the difference between driven and striving

is that driven is past participle of lang=en while striving is present participle of lang=en.

As an adjective driven

is obsessed; passionately motivated to achieve goals.

As a noun striving is

effort; the act of one who strives.

driven

English

Verb

(head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Obsessed; passionately motivated to achieve goals.
  • (of snow) Formed into snowdrifts by wind.

    • Derived terms

    * demand-driven English adjectives ending in -en English irregular past participles ----

    striving

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Effort; the act of one who strives.
  • * 2007 , Steve Talbott, Devices of the Soul (page 192)
    • Do we really want all those strivings and contrivings—all those thoughts and assumptions someone has cleverly etched into the hardware and software we are using—to remain invisible?