strife

As a noun strife

is conflict, sometimes violent, usually brief or limited in scope.

As a verb suffocate is

(ergative) to suffer, or cause someone to suffer, from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body.

As an adjective suffocate is

(obsolete) suffocated; choked.

As nouns the difference between stive and strife

is that stive is a stew while strife is conflict, sometimes violent, usually brief or limited in scope.

As a verb stive

is to be stifled or suffocated.

As nouns the difference between strife and wager

is that strife is conflict, sometimes violent, usually brief or limited in scope while wager is something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question; a bet; a stake; a pledge.

As a verb wager is

to bet something; to put it up as collateral.

As nouns the difference between strife and sedition

is that strife is conflict, sometimes violent, usually brief or limited in scope while sedition is organized incitement of rebellion or civil disorder against authority or the state, usually by speech or writing.

As nouns the difference between spats and strife

is that spats is while strife is conflict, sometimes violent, usually brief or limited in scope.

As nouns the difference between rift and strife

is that rift is a chasm or fissure while strife is conflict, sometimes violent, usually brief or limited in scope.

As a verb rift

is to form a rift.

As nouns the difference between strife and competition

is that strife is conflict, sometimes violent, usually brief or limited in scope while competition is the action of competing.

As nouns the difference between strife and clash

is that strife is conflict, sometimes violent, usually brief or limited in scope while clash is (onomatopoeia) a loud sound.

As a verb clash is

to make a loud clash.

As nouns the difference between strife and mischief

is that strife is conflict, sometimes violent, usually brief or limited in scope while mischief is harm or evil caused by an agent or brought about by a particular cause.

As nouns the difference between strife and war

is that strife is conflict, sometimes violent, usually brief or limited in scope while war is organized, large-scale, armed conflict between countries or between national, ethnic, or other sizeable groups, usually involving the engagement of military forces.

As a verb war is

to engage in conflict (may be followed by "with" to specify the foe).

As a proper noun War is

the personification of war, often depicted in armor, and riding a red horse.