strife vs struggle

strife

noun
  • Bitter conflict, sometimes violent. 

  • A trouble of any kind. 

  • Striving; earnest endeavor; hard work. 

  • Exertion or contention for superiority, either by physical or intellectual means. 

struggle

noun
  • Strife, contention, great effort. 

  • A contortion of the body in an attempt to escape or to perform a difficult task. 

verb
  • To strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight (for or against), to contend. 

  • To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body. 

How often have the words strife and struggle occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )