The difference between Stab and Try

When used as nouns, stab means an act of stabbing or thrusting with an object, whereas try means an attempt.

When used as verbs, stab means to pierce or to wound (somebody) with a pointed tool or weapon, especially a knife or dagger, whereas try means to attempt.

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

check bellow for the other definitions of Stab and Try

  1. Stab as a noun:

    An act of stabbing or thrusting with an object.

  2. Stab as a noun:

    A wound made by stabbing.

  3. Stab as a noun:

    Pain inflicted on a person's feelings.

  4. Stab as a noun (informal):

    An attempt.

    Examples:

    "I'll give this [[thankless]] task a stab."

  5. Stab as a noun:

    Criticism.

  6. Stab as a noun (music):

    A single staccato chord that adds dramatic impact to a composition.

    Examples:

    "a horn stab"

  7. Stab as a noun:

    A bacterial culture made by inoculating a solid medium, such as gelatin, with the puncture of a needle or wire.

  1. Stab as a verb (transitive):

    To pierce or to wound (somebody) with a pointed tool or weapon, especially a knife or dagger.

    Examples:

    "If you stab him in the heart he won't live long enough to retaliate."

  2. Stab as a verb (transitive):

    To thrust in a stabbing motion.

    Examples:

    "to stab a dagger into a person"

  3. Stab as a verb (intransitive):

    To recklessly hit with the tip of a pointed object, such as a weapon or finger .

    Examples:

    "He stabbed at my face with the twig but luckily kept missing my eyes."

  4. Stab as a verb (intransitive):

    To cause a sharp, painful sensation .

    Examples:

    "The snow from the blizzard was stabbing at my face as I skied down the mountain."

  5. Stab as a verb (transitive, figurative):

    To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander.

    Examples:

    "to stab a person's reputation"

  6. Stab as a verb (transitive):

    To roughen a brick wall with a pick so as to hold plaster.

  7. Stab as a verb (transitive):

    To pierce folded sheets, near their back edges, for the passage of thread or wire.

  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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