Strive vs Aspire - What's the difference?
strive | aspire |
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
To hope or dream; especially to hope or work towards a profession or occupation (followed by to as a preposition or infinitive particle ).
* Alexander Pope
(obsolete) To aspire to; to long for; to try to reach; to mount to.
* Shakespeare
To rise; to ascend; to tower; to soar.
* Waller
As verbs the difference between strive and aspire
is that strive is to try to achieve a result; to make strenuous effort; to try earnestly and persistently while aspire is to hope or dream; especially to hope or work towards a profession or occupation (followed by to as a preposition or infinitive particle).As a noun strive
is an effort; a striving.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 .
Usage notes
* This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive . See * The strong or irregular forms "strove" and "striven" are more commonly used in print than "strived".External links
* *aspire
English
Verb
- He aspires to become a successful doctor.
- Aspiring to be angels, men rebel.
- That gallant spirit hath aspired the clouds.
- My own breath still foments the fire, / Which flames as high as fancy can aspire .