anguish vs try

anguish and try both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
anguish	Yes	No	Yes	No
try	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, try is a hyponym of anguish; that is, try is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than anguish:

Other hyponyms of anguish include break someone's heart, agonise, agonize, excruciate, rack, torment, torture.

anguish (noun)	try (noun)
extreme mental distress	earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
extreme distress of body or mind

anguish (verb)	try (verb)
cause emotional anguish or make miserable	put on a garment in order to see whether it fits and looks nice
suffer great pains or distress	melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities
	take a sample of
	test the limits of
	give pain or trouble to
	make an effort or attempt
	put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to
	examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process
	put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of