The difference between Take a run at and Try

When used as verbs, take a run at means to attempt to achieve or acquire, whereas try means to attempt.

Try is also noun with the meaning: an attempt.

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

check bellow for the other definitions of Take a run at and Try

  1. Take a run at as a verb (transitive, idiomatic):

    To attempt to achieve or acquire.

  2. Take a run at as a verb (transitive, idiomatic):

    To attack or challenge or to try to attack or challenge.

  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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