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Trying vs Endeavoring - What's the difference?

trying | endeavoring |

As verbs the difference between trying and endeavoring

is that trying is while endeavoring is .

As nouns the difference between trying and endeavoring

is that trying is (philosophy) the act by which one tries something; an attempt while endeavoring is the act by which one endeavors or strives; an attempt.

As an adjective trying

is difficult to endure; arduous.

trying

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Difficult to endure; arduous.
  • *1891 , Conan Doyle,
  • *:"Do you not find," he said, "that with your short sight it is a little trying to do so much typewriting?"
  • Irritating, stressful or bothersome.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (philosophy) The act by which one tries something; an attempt.
  • * 2006 , Andrew Sneddon, Action and Responsibility (page 145)
    • In a variety of places, O'Shaughnessy argues that there is an internal relation between trying and the events that tryings produce. For example, he argues that tryings are not independently specifiable except as would-be causes of physical events.

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    endeavoring

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which one endeavors or strives; an attempt.
  • * 2012 , Timothy O'Connor, Constantine Sandis, A Companion to the Philosophy of Action
    • This is so because efforts, exertions, and endeavorings , if they were to exist, would need to be actions themselves, or parts of actions, or subactions or behaviors of some sort