The difference between Try and Whirl
When used as nouns, try means an attempt, whereas whirl means an act of whirling.
When used as verbs, try means to attempt, whereas whirl means to rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly.
Try is also adjective with the meaning: fine, excellent.
check bellow for the other definitions of Try and Whirl
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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.
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Whirl as a verb (intransitive):
To rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly.
Examples:
"The dancer whirled across the stage, stopped, and whirled around to face the audience."
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Whirl as a verb (intransitive):
To have a sensation of spinning or reeling.
Examples:
"My head is whirling after all that drink."
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Whirl as a verb (transitive):
To make something or someone whirl.
Examples:
"The dancer whirled his partner round on her toes."
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Whirl as a verb (transitive):
To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch.
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Whirl as a noun:
An act of whirling.
Examples:
"She gave the top a whirl and it spun across the floor."
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Whirl as a noun:
Something that whirls.
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Whirl as a noun:
A confused tumult.
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Whirl as a noun:
A rapid series of events.
Examples:
"My life is one social whirl."
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Whirl as a noun:
Dizziness or giddiness.
Examples:
"My mind was in a whirl."
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Whirl as a noun (informal):
A brief experiment or trial.
Examples:
"OK, let's give it a whirl."