Strive vs Excel - What's the difference?
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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 surpass someone or something; to be better or do better than someone or something.
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To be much better than others.
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(rare) To exceed, to go beyond
* 1674 , Paradise lost, , by Milton
* XIX century , , by Emily Dickinson
As verbs the difference between strive and excel
is that strive is to try to achieve a result; to make strenuous effort; to try earnestly and persistently while excel is to surpass someone or something; to be better or do better than someone or something.As a noun strive
is an effort; a striving.As a proper noun Excel is
a spreadsheet application software program written and distributed by Microsoft.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
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English
Verb
(excell)- La Rochefoucauld, the French philosopher, said: "If
you want enemies, excel' your friends; but if you want
friends, let your friends '''excel''' you."
Why is that true? Because when our friends '''excel''' us,
that gives them a feeling of importance; but when we ' excel
them, that gives them a feeling of inferiority and arouses
envy and jealousy.
- I excelled everyone else with my exam results.
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- If, then, there is something in what the poets say, and jealousy is natural to the divine power, it would probably occur in this case above all, and all who excelled in this knowledge would be unfortunate.
- She opened; but to shut / Excelled her power: the gates wide open stood
- I reason, we could die : / The best vitality / Cannot excel decay; / But what of that?
