Endeavour vs. Try

Difference Between Endeavour and Try

Endeavour➦

try hard to do or achieve something

he is endeavouring to help the Third World

Try➦

make an attempt or effort to do something

I started to try and untangle the mystery

I decided to try writing fiction

he tried to regain his breath

three times he tried the manoeuvre and three times he failed

Endeavour➦

an attempt to achieve a goal

an endeavour to reduce serious injury

Try➦

subject (someone) to trial

he was arrested and tried for the murder

Endeavour➦

Variant of endeavor.

Try➦

smooth (roughly planed wood) with a plane to give an accurately flat surface.

Endeavour➦

(British spelling) endeavor

Try➦

extract (oil or fat) by heating

some of the fat may be tried out and used

Endeavour➦

(British spelling) endeavor

Try➦

an effort to accomplish something; an attempt

he got his membership card on his third try

Endeavour➦

a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness);

he had doubts about the whole enterprise

Try➦

an act of touching the ball down behind the opposing goal line, scoring points and entitling the scoring side to a kick at goal.

Endeavour➦

earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something;

made an effort to cover all the reading material

wished him luck in his endeavor

she gave it a good try

Try➦

To make an effort to do or accomplish (something); attempt

tried to ski.

Endeavour➦

attempt by employing effort;

we endeavor to make our customers happy

Try➦

To taste, sample, or otherwise test in order to determine strength, effect, worth, or desirability

Try this casserole.

Try➦

To make an effort to open (a closed door or window).

Try➦

To conduct the trial of (a legal claim)

to try a negligence case.

Try➦

To put (an accused person) on trial.

Try➦

To subject to great strain or hardship; tax

The last steep ascent tried my every muscle.

Try➦

To melt (lard, for example) to separate out impurities; render.

Try➦

To make an effort; strive

I know it's not easy, but keep trying!.

Try➦

An attempt; an effort.

Try➦

(Sports) In rugby, an act of advancing the ball past the opponent's goal line and grounding it there for a score of three points.

Try➦

To attempt; to endeavour. Followed by infinitive.

I tried to rollerblade, but I couldn’t.

I'll come to dinner soon. I'm trying to beat this level first.

Try➦

(obsolete) To divide; to separate.

Try➦

To separate (precious metal etc.) from the ore by melting; to purify, refine.

Try➦

(one sort from another) To winnow; to sift; to pick out; frequently followed by out.

to try out the wild corn from the good

Try➦

(nautical) To extract oil from blubber or fat; to melt down blubber to obtain oil

Try➦

To extract wax from a honeycomb

Try➦

To test, to work out.

Try➦

To make an experiment. Usually followed by a present participle.

I tried mixing more white paint to get a lighter shade.

Try➦

To put to test.

I shall try my skills on this.

Try➦

(specifically) To test someone's patience.

You are trying my patience.

Don't try me.

Try➦

To receive an imminent attack; to take.

Try➦

To taste, sample, etc.

Oh, you need to try the soup of the day!

Try➦

To prove by experiment; to apply a test to, for the purpose of determining the quality; to examine; to prove; to test.

to try weights or measures by a standard;

to try a person's opinions

Try➦

(with indirect interrogative clause) To attempt to determine (by experiment or effort).

I'll try whether I can make it across town on foot.

Try➦

(legal) To put on trial.

He was tried and executed.

Try➦

To experiment, to strive.

Try➦

To have or gain knowledge of by experience.

Try➦

To work on something with one's best effort and focus.

Dad, for fuck's sake, I'm trying my best!

You are trying too hard.

Try➦

(obsolete) To do; to fare.

How do you try! (i.e., how do you do?)

Try➦

To settle; to decide; to determine; specifically, to decide by an appeal to arms.

to try rival claims by a duel;

to try conclusions

Try➦

To attempt to conceive a child.

Try➦

(nautical) To lie to in heavy weather under just sufficient sail to head into the wind.

Try➦

To strain; to subject to excessive tests.

The light tries his eyes.

Repeated failures try one's patience.

Try➦

To want

I am really not trying to hear you talk about my mama like that.

Try➦

An attempt.

I gave unicycling a try but I couldn’t do it.

Try➦

An act of tasting or sampling.

I gave sushi a try but I didn’t like it.

Try➦

(rugby) A score in rugby league and rugby union, analogous to a touchdown in American football.

Today I scored my first try.

Try➦

A screen, or sieve, for grain.

Try➦

(American football) A field goal or extra point

Try➦

(chess) A move that almost solves a chess problem, except that Black has a unique defense.

Try➦

(obsolete) Fine, excellent.

Try➦

To divide or separate, as one sort from another; to winnow; to sift; to pick out; - frequently followed by out; as, to try out the wild corn from the good.

Try➦

To purify or refine, as metals; to melt out, and procure in a pure state, as oil, tallow, lard, etc.

The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.

For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.

Try➦

To prove by experiment; to apply a test to, for the purpose of determining the quality; to examine; to prove; to test; as, to try weights or measures by a standard; to try a man's opinions.

Let the end try the man.

Try➦

To subject to severe trial; to put to the test; to cause suffering or trouble to.

Thus far to try thee, Adam, I was pleased.

These are the times that try men's souls.

Try➦

To experiment with; to test by use; as, to try a remedy for disease; to try a horse.

Come, try upon yourselves what you have seen me.

To ease her cares the force of sleep she tries.

Try➦

To strain; to subject to excessive tests; as, the light tries his eyes; repeated disappointments try one's patience.

Try➦

To examine or investigate judicially; to examine by witnesses or other judicial evidence and the principles of law; as, to try a cause, or a criminal.

Try➦

To settle; to decide; to determine; specifically, to decide by an appeal to arms; as, to try rival claims by a duel; to try conclusions.

Left I the court, to see this quarrel tried.

Try➦

To experience; to have or gain knowledge of by experience.

Or try the Libyan heat or Scythian cold.

Try➦

To essay; to attempt; to endeavor.

Let us try . . . to found a path.

He first deceased: she for a little triedTo live without him; liked it not, and died.

Alack, I am afraid they have a waked,And 't is not done. The attempt, and not the deed,Confounds us.

Try➦

To exert strength; to endeavor; to make an effort or an attempt; as, you must try hard if you wish to learn.

Try➦

To do; to fare; as, how do you try!

Try➦

A screen, or sieve, for grain.

Try➦

Act of trying; attempt; experiment; trial.

This breaking of his has been but a try for his friends.

Try➦

In Rugby and Northern Union football, a score (counting three points) made by grounding the ball on or behind the opponent's goal line; - so called because it entitles the side making it to a place kick for a goal (counting two points more if successful).

Try➦

Refined; select; excellent; choice.

Try➦

earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something;

made an effort to cover all the reading material

wished him luck in his endeavor

she gave it a good try

Try➦

make an effort or attempt;

He tried to shake off his fears

The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps

The police attempted to stop the thief

He sought to improve himself

She always seeks to do good in the world

Try➦

put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to;

This approach has been tried with good results

Test this recipe

Try➦

put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of;

The football star was tried for the murder of his wife

The judge tried both father and son in separate trials

Try➦

take a sample of;

Try these new crackers

Sample the regional dishes

Try➦

examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process;

The jury had heard all the evidence

The case will be tried in California

Try➦

give pain or trouble to;

I've been sorely tried by these students

Try➦

test the limits of;

You are trying my patience!

Try➦

melt (fat, lard, etc.) in order to separate out impurities;

try the yak butter

render fat in a casserole

Try➦

put on a garment in order to see whether it fits and looks nice;

Try on this sweater to see how it looks

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