Strife
Strife noun - A lack of agreement or harmony.
Work
Work noun - A literary, musical, or artistic production.
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
- After much work and strife, the ending of The Man with No Name has the crew even managing to earn some much needed cash.
Source: Earn Your Happy Ending / Fan Fic - Pedro's refusal to cling onto power, risk greater internal strife in his beloved Brazil, and defend the institution of the monarchy he saw as doomed anyway, combined with his own personal apathy towards the stresses of his job, meant that much of his good work was undone.
Source: The Good King - In Puella Magi Madoka Magica, a less humorous example happens when Sayaka refuses to work with Homura in a previous timeline, accusing her of being in league with "that Kyouko creep" and trying to cause strife among the group.
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