diff --git a/src/Lib/Collections.php b/src/Lib/Collections.php
index 861bd65..808ee39 100644
--- a/src/Lib/Collections.php
+++ b/src/Lib/Collections.php
@@ -248,7 +248,15 @@ class Collections implements ILib
         ));
 
         $env->set('reverse', new CoreFunc('reverse', 'Create new sequence with reversed order.', 1, 1,
-            fn (Seq $a) => $a::new(array_reverse($a->getData()))
+            function ($a) {
+                if ($a instanceof Seq) {
+                    return $a::new(array_reverse($a->getData()));
+                } elseif (is_string($a)) {
+                    return strrev($a);
+                }
+
+                throw new MadLispException('argument to reverse is not sequence or string');
+            }
         ));
 
         // Hash map functions
diff --git a/src/Lib/Strings.php b/src/Lib/Strings.php
index 22e1784..63981ef 100644
--- a/src/Lib/Strings.php
+++ b/src/Lib/Strings.php
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ class Strings implements ILib
 {
     public function register(Env $env): void
     {
+        // Note that some functions in the Collections library
+        // work for strings as well: empty?, len, reverse
+
         $env->set('EOL', \PHP_EOL);
 
         $env->set('trim', new CoreFunc('trim', 'Remove whitespace from beginning and end of string. Give characters to remove in optional second argument.', 1, 2,
@@ -109,6 +112,24 @@ class Strings implements ILib
             fn (string $str, string $end) => substr($str, strlen($str) - strlen($end)) === $end
         ));
 
+        // Comparison functions
+
+        $env->set('strcmp', new CoreFunc('strcmp', 'Compare two strings.', 2, 2,
+            fn (string $a, string $b) => strcmp($a, $b)
+        ));
+
+        $env->set('strcasecmp', new CoreFunc('strcasecmp', 'Compare two strings case-insensitively.', 2, 2,
+            fn (string $a, string $b) => strcasecmp($a, $b)
+        ));
+
+        $env->set('strnatcmp', new CoreFunc('strnatcmp', 'Compare two strings using natural ordering.', 2, 2,
+            fn (string $a, string $b) => strnatcmp($a, $b)
+        ));
+
+        $env->set('strnatcasecmp', new CoreFunc('strnatcasecmp', 'Compare two strings case-insensitively using natural ordering.', 2, 2,
+            fn (string $a, string $b) => strnatcasecmp($a, $b)
+        ));
+
         // If the mbstring extension is loaded,
         // define multibyte versions of some functions.