Tasting vs. Try — What's the Difference?

To distinguish the flavor of by taking into the mouth.

Make an attempt or effort to do something

To eat or drink a small quantity of.

Subject (someone) to trial

To partake of, especially for the first time; experience

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

(Archaic) To appreciate or enjoy.

Extract (oil or fat) by heating

To distinguish flavors in the mouth.

An effort to accomplish something; an attempt

To have a distinct flavor

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

To eat or drink a small amount.

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

To have experience or enjoyment; partake

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

The sense that distinguishes the sweet, sour, salty, and bitter qualities of dissolved substances in contact with the taste buds on the tongue.

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

This sense in combination with the senses of smell and touch, which together receive a sensation of a substance in the mouth.

To conduct the trial of (a legal claim)

The sensation of sweet, sour, salty, or bitter qualities produced by a substance placed in the mouth.

To put (an accused person) on trial.

The unified sensation produced by any of these qualities plus a distinct smell and texture; flavor.

To subject to great strain or hardship; tax

A distinctive perception as if by the sense of taste

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

The act of tasting.

To make an effort; strive

A small quantity eaten or tasted.

An attempt; an effort.

A limited or first experience; a sample

(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.

A personal preference or liking

To attempt; to endeavour. Followed by infinitive.

The ability to recognize and appreciate what is beautiful, excellent, or appropriate

(obsolete) To divide; to separate.

The sense of what is proper, seemly, or least likely to give offense in a given social situation

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

(Obsolete) The act of testing; trial.

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

A small amount of food or drink.

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

The taking of a small amount of food or drink into the mouth in order to taste it.

To extract wax from a honeycomb

Present participle of taste

To test, to work out.

The act of perceiving or tasting by the organs of taste; the faculty or sense by which we perceive or distinguish savors.

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

A small amount (especially of food or wine)

To put to test.

A kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds;

(specifically) To test someone's patience.

Taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality;

To receive an imminent attack; to take.

To taste, sample, etc.

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

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

(legal) To put on trial.

To experiment, to strive.

To have or gain knowledge of by experience.

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

(obsolete) To do; to fare.

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

To attempt to conceive a child.

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

To strain; to subject to excessive tests.

To want

An attempt.

An act of tasting or sampling.

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

A screen, or sieve, for grain.

(American football) A field goal or extra point

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

(obsolete) Fine, excellent.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

To essay; to attempt; to endeavor.

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

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

A screen, or sieve, for grain.

Act of trying; attempt; experiment; trial.

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).

Refined; select; excellent; choice.

Earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something;

Make an effort or attempt;

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

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

Take a sample of;

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

Give pain or trouble to;

Test the limits of;

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

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