Striving vs Contention - What's the difference?
striving | contention |
Effort; the act of one who strives.
* 2007 , Steve Talbott, Devices of the Soul (page 192)
struggle, contest, strife, argument, debate
A point maintained in an argument, or a line of argument taken in its support; the subject matter of discussion of strife; a position taken or contended for.
(computing, telecommunications) Competition by parts of a system or its users for a limited resource.
As nouns the difference between striving and contention
is that striving is effort; the act of one who strives while contention is struggle, contest, strife, argument, debate.As a verb striving
is .striving
English
Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- Do we really want all those strivings and contrivings—all those thoughts and assumptions someone has cleverly etched into the hardware and software we are using—to remain invisible?
contention
English
(wikipedia contention)Noun
(en noun)- It is my contention that state lotteries are taxes on stupid people.