Strife vs Scorn - What's the difference?
strife | scorn |
Conflict, sometimes violent, usually brief or limited in scope.
To feel or display contempt or disdain for something or somebody; to despise.
* C. J. Smith
To scoff, express contempt.
To reject, turn down
To refuse to do something, as beneath oneself.
(uncountable) Contempt or disdain.
(countable) A display of disdain; a slight.
* Dryden
(countable) An object of disdain, contempt, or derision.
* Bible, Psalms xliv. 13
As nouns the difference between strife and scorn
is that strife is conflict, sometimes violent, usually brief or limited in scope while scorn is (uncountable) contempt or disdain.As a verb scorn is
to feel or display contempt or disdain for something or somebody; to despise.strife
English
Noun
Synonyms
* (conflict) conflict, contention, discordDerived terms
* trouble and strifeAnagrams
*scorn
English
Verb
(en verb)- We scorn what is in itself contemptible or disgraceful.
- He scorned her romantic advances.
- She scorned to show weakness.
Synonyms
* See alsoNoun
- Every sullen frown and bitter scorn / But fanned the fuel that too fast did burn.
- Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.