The difference between Sample and Try

When used as nouns, sample means a part or snippet of something taken or presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the whole, whereas try means an attempt.

When used as verbs, sample means to take or to test a sample or samples of, whereas try means to attempt.

Try is also adjective with the meaning: fine, excellent.

check bellow for the other definitions of Sample and Try

  1. Sample as a noun:

    A part or snippet of something taken or presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the whole; a specimen.

    Examples:

    "a blood sample"

  2. Sample as a noun (statistics):

    A subset of a population selected for measurement, observation or questioning, to provide statistical information about the population.

  3. Sample as a noun (cooking):

    A small quantity of food for tasting, typically given away for free.

  4. Sample as a noun (business):

    A small piece of some goods, for determining quality, colour, etc., typically given away for free.

  5. Sample as a noun (music):

    Gratuitous borrowing of easily recognised phases (or moments) from other music (or movies) in a recording.

  6. Sample as a noun (obsolete):

    Example; pattern.

  1. Sample as a verb (transitive):

    To take or to test a sample or samples of.

  2. Sample as a verb (transitive, signal processing):

    To reduce a continuous signal (such as a sound wave) to a discrete signal.

  3. Sample as a verb (music, transitive):

    To reuse a portion of (an existing sound recording) in a new piece of music.

  4. Sample as a verb (transitive, computer graphics):

    To make or show something similar to a sample.

  1. 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."

  2. 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"

  3. 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."

  4. 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"

  5. Try as a verb (nautical):

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

  6. Try as a verb:

    To strain; to subject to excessive tests.

    Examples:

    "The light tries his eyes."

    "Repeated failures try one's patience."

  7. 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."

  1. Try as a noun:

    An attempt.

    Examples:

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

  2. Try as a noun:

    An act of tasting or sampling.

    Examples:

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

  3. Try as a noun (rugby):

    A score in rugby, analogous to a touchdown in American football.

    Examples:

    "Today I scored my first try''."

  4. Try as a noun (UK, dialect, obsolete):

    A screen, or sieve, for grain.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Holland"

  5. Try as a noun (American football):

    a field goal or extra point

  1. Try as an adjective (obsolete):

    Fine, excellent.

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