different between strive vs persevere

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

English

Alternative forms

• perservere
• persever

Etymology

From Old French perseverer, from Latin perseverare (“to continue steadfastly, persist, persevere”), from perseverus (“very strict or earnest”), from per (“through, by the means of”) + severus (“strict, earnest”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(?)

Verb

persevere (third-person singular simple present perseveres, present participle persevering, simple past and past participle persevered)

1. (intransitive) To persist steadfastly in pursuit of an undertaking, task, journey, or goal, even if hindered by distraction, difficulty, obstacles, or discouragement.
   • 1606, William Shakespeare, King Lear, act 3, scene 5:

     I will persevere in

     my course of loyalty, though the conflict be sore

     between that and my blood.

   • 1817, Jane Austen, Persuasion, ch. 1:

     Sir Walter had sought the acquaintance, and though his overtures had not been met with any warmth, he had persevered in seeking it.

   • c. 1918, P. G. Wodehouse, "The Agonies of Writing a Musical Comedy":

     He is a trifle discouraged, but he perseveres.

2. (intransitive, copulative, obsolete) To stay constant; to continue in a certain state; to remain.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:persevere

Related terms

• perseverance
• perseverant

Translations

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• repreeves

Portuguese

Verb

persevere

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of perseverar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of perseverar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of perseverar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of perseverar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pe?se?be?e/, [pe?.se???e.?e]

Verb

persevere

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of perseverar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of perseverar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of perseverar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of perseverar.