The difference between Bash and Try
When used as nouns, bash means a large party, whereas try means an attempt.
When used as verbs, bash means to strike heavily, whereas try means to attempt.
Try is also adjective with the meaning: fine, excellent.
check bellow for the other definitions of Bash and Try
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Bash as a verb:
To strike heavily.
Examples:
"He bashed himself against the door."
"The thugs kept bashing the [[cower]]ing victim."
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Bash as a verb:
To collide.
Examples:
"Don't bash into me with that [[shopping trolley]]."
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Bash as a verb:
To criticize harshly.
Examples:
"He bashed my [[idea]]s."
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Bash as a verb (British, slang):
To masturbate.
Examples:
"He said that he bashes daily."
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Bash as a noun:
A large party; gala event.
Examples:
"They had a big bash to celebrate their tenth anniversary."
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Bash as a noun:
An attack that consists of placing all one's weight into a downward attack with one's fists.
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Bash as a verb (obsolete, transitive):
To abash; to disconcert or be disconcerted or put out of countenance.
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Try as a verb:
To attempt; to endeavour. Followed by infinitive.
Examples:
"I tried to rollerblade, but I couldn’t."
"I'll come to dinner soon. I'm trying to beat this level first."
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Try as a verb (obsolete):
To divide; to separate. To separate (precious metal etc.) from the ore by melting; to purify, refine. To winnow; to sift; to pick out; frequently followed by out. To extract oil from blubber or fat; to melt down blubber to obtain oil To extract wax from a honeycomb
Examples:
"to try out the wild corn from the good"
"rfquotek Sir T. Elyot"
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Try as a verb (specifically):
To test, to work out. To make an experiment. Usually followed by a present participle. To put to test. To test someone's patience. 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. To put on trial.
Examples:
"I tried mixing more white paint to get a lighter shade."
"I shall try my skills on this."
"You are trying my patience."
"Don't fucking try me."
"'Try this—you’ll [[love]] it."
"to try weights or measures by a standard;  to try a person's opinions"
"He was tried and [[execute]]d."
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Try as a verb (obsolete):
To experiment, to strive. To have or gain knowledge of by experience. To work on something. To do; to fare. To settle; to decide; to determine; specifically, to decide by an appeal to arms. To attempt to conceive a child.
Examples:
"rfquotek Milton"
"You are trying too hard."
"How do you try! (i.e., how do you do?)"
"to try rival claims by a duel;  to try conclusions"
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Try as a verb (nautical):
To lie to in heavy weather under just sufficient sail to head into the wind.
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Try as a verb:
To strain; to subject to excessive tests.
Examples:
"The light tries his eyes."
"Repeated failures try one's patience."
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Try as a verb (slang, chiefly, _, AAVE, used with another verb):
To want
Examples:
"I am really not trying to hear you talk about my mama like that."
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Try as a noun:
An attempt.
Examples:
"I gave unicycling a try but I couldn’t do it''."
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Try as a noun:
An act of tasting or sampling.
Examples:
"I gave sushi a try but I didn’t like it''."
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Try as a noun (rugby):
A score in rugby, analogous to a touchdown in American football.
Examples:
"Today I scored my first try''."
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Try as a noun (UK, dialect, obsolete):
A screen, or sieve, for grain.
Examples:
"rfquotek Holland"
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Try as a noun (American football):
a field goal or extra point
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Try as an adjective (obsolete):
Fine, excellent.