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Trying vs Striving - What's the difference?

trying | striving |

As verbs the difference between trying and striving

is that trying is present participle of lang=en while striving is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between trying and striving

is that trying is the act by which one tries something; an attempt while striving is effort; the act of one who strives.

As an adjective trying

is difficult to endure; arduous.

trying

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Difficult to endure; arduous.
  • *1891 , Conan Doyle,
  • *:"Do you not find," he said, "that with your short sight it is a little trying to do so much typewriting?"
  • Irritating, stressful or bothersome.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (philosophy) The act by which one tries something; an attempt.
  • * 2006 , Andrew Sneddon, Action and Responsibility (page 145)
    • In a variety of places, O'Shaughnessy argues that there is an internal relation between trying and the events that tryings produce. For example, he argues that tryings are not independently specifiable except as would-be causes of physical events.

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    striving

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Effort; the act of one who strives.
  • * 2007 , Steve Talbott, Devices of the Soul (page 192)
    • 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?