Propel vs Strive - What's the difference?
propel | strive |
To cause to move in a certain direction.
* 1918 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), Chapter V
To make to arrive to a certain situation or result.
* 2005 , .
To try to achieve a result; to make strenuous effort; to try earnestly and persistently.
To struggle in opposition; to be in contention or dispute; to contend; to contest.
* Denham
To vie; to compete as a rival.
* Milton
As verbs the difference between propel and strive
is that propel is to cause to move in a certain direction while strive is to try to achieve a result; to make strenuous effort; to try earnestly and persistently.As a noun strive is
(obsolete) an effort; a striving.propel
English
Verb
- When it had advanced from the wood, it hopped much after the fashion of a kangaroo, using its hind feet and tail to propel it, and when it stood erect, it sat upon its tail.
- I can discern your nature and see that even without any arguments (logoi) from me it will propel you to what you say you are drawn towards,
Synonyms
* (either) drive, pushAntonyms
* (either) stay, halt, stop * (cause to move) restAnagrams
* ----strive
English
Verb
- He strove to excel.
- to strive against fate
- to strive for the truth
- Now private pity strove with public hate, / Reason with rage, and eloquence with fate.
- [Not] that sweet grove / Of Daphne, by Orontes and the inspired / Castalian spring, might with this paradise / Of Eden strive .