different between slog vs strive

English

Etymology

Probably a variation of slug or slough.

Possibly related to slag, seen in the North Germanic languages, in association with the third verb and second noun definition.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sl??/
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

slog (plural slogs)

1. (chiefly Britain and Canada) A long, tedious walk, or session of work.
2. (cricket) An aggressive shot played with little skill.

Verb

slog (third-person singular simple present slogs, present participle slogging, simple past and past participle slogged)

1. To walk slowly, encountering resistance.
   • 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)[2]

     A miraculous desert rain. We slog, dripping, into As Safi, Jordan. We drive the sodden mules through wet streets. To the town’s only landmark. To the “Museum at the Lowest Place on Earth.”

2. (by extension) To work slowly and deliberately at a tedious task.
3. To strike something with a heavy blow, especially a ball with a bat.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:walk

Translations

Anagrams

• -logs, Glos, Glos., logs

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slo??/, [?sl?o?]

Verb

slog

1. past tense of slå

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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Noun

sl?g m (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. syllable
2. stack, pile

Declension

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slu??/

Verb

slog

1. past tense of slå.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?st?a?v/
• Rhymes: -a?v

Etymology 1

From Middle English striven (“to strive”), from Old French estriver (“to compete, quarrel”), from Frankish *str?ban (“to exert, make an effort”) from Proto-Germanic *str?ban?.

Verb

strive (third-person singular simple present strives, present participle striving, simple past strove or strived, past participle striven or strived or (nonstandard, colloquial) strove)

1. To try to achieve a result; to make strenuous effort; to try earnestly and persistently.
2. To struggle in opposition; to be in contention or dispute; to contend; to contest.
   • 1641, John Denham, On the Earl of Strafford's Tryal and Death

     Now private pity strove with public hate, / Reason with rage, and eloquence with fate.

3. To vie; to compete as a rival.

Usage notes

• This often occurs as a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs
• The strong or irregular forms "strove" and "striven" are more commonly used in print than "strived".

Conjugation

Related terms

• strife

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

strive (plural strives)

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of strife

Further reading

• strive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• strive in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Rivets, Stiver, rivest, rivets, stiver, tivers, verist