jihad vs striving

jihad and striving both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
jihad	Yes	No	No	No
striving	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, striving is a hypernym of jihad; that is, striving is a word with a broader meaning than jihad:

jihad: a holy struggle or striving by a Muslim for a moral or spiritual or political goal
striving: an effortful attempt to attain a goal

Other hypernyms of jihad include nisus, pains, strain.

jihad (noun)	striving (noun)
a holy struggle or striving by a Muslim for a moral or spiritual or political goal	an effortful attempt to attain a goal