Strive vs Sharpen - What's the difference?
strive | sharpen |
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
(transitive, sometimes, figurative) To make sharp
* (Edmund Burke) (1729-1797)
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As verbs the difference between strive and sharpen
is that strive is to try to achieve a result; to make strenuous effort; to try earnestly and persistently while sharpen is to make sharp.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
* *sharpen
English
Verb
(en verb)- He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill.
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