Endeavour vs. Try — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Endeavour and Try

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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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