The difference between Taste and Try

When used as nouns, taste means one of the sensations produced by the tongue in response to certain chemicals, whereas try means an attempt.

When used as verbs, taste means to sample the flavor of something orally, whereas try means to attempt.

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

check bellow for the other definitions of Taste and Try

  1. Taste as a noun:

    One of the sensations produced by the tongue in response to certain chemicals.

  2. Taste as a noun (countable, and, uncountable):

    A person's implicit set of preferences, especially esthetic, though also culinary, sartorial, etc.

    Examples:

    "Dr. Parker has good taste in wine."

  3. Taste as a noun:

    Personal preference; liking; predilection.

    Examples:

    "I have developed a taste for fine wine."

  4. Taste as a noun (uncountable, figuratively):

    A small amount of experience with something that gives a sense of its quality as a whole.

  5. Taste as a noun:

    A kind of narrow and thin silk ribbon.

  1. Taste as a verb (transitive):

    To sample the flavor of something orally.

  2. Taste as a verb (intransitive):

    To have a taste; to excite a particular sensation by which flavour is distinguished.

    Examples:

    "The chicken tasted great, but the milk tasted like garlic."

  3. Taste as a verb:

    To experience.

    Examples:

    "I tasted in her arms the delights of paradise."

    "They had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom."

  4. Taste as a verb:

    To take sparingly.

  5. Taste as a verb:

    To try by eating a little; to eat a small quantity of.

  6. Taste as a verb (obsolete):

    To try by the touch; to handle.

  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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