Strives vs Strifes - What's the difference?
strives | strifes |
(strive)
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
* 1916 , James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man
As a verb strives
is third-person singular of strive.As a noun strifes is
plural of lang=en.strives
English
Verb
(head)Anagrams
*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
* *strifes
English
Noun
(head)- His mind seemed older than theirs: it shone coldly on their strifes and happiness and regrets like a moon upon a younger earth.