bid vs try

bid and try both are nouns.

bid and try both are verbs.

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

As nouns, try is a hypernym of bid; that is, try is a word with a broader meaning than bid:

bid: an attempt to get something
try: earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something

Other hypernyms of bid include attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour.

bid (noun)	try (noun)
an attempt to get something	earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
a formal proposal to buy at a specified price
(bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make
an authoritative direction or instruction to do something

bid (verb)	try (verb)
ask someone in a friendly way to do something	put on a garment in order to see whether it fits and looks nice
invoke upon	melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities
ask for or request earnestly	take a sample of
propose a payment	test the limits of
make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands	give pain or trouble to
make a serious effort to attain something	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

Difference between bid and try

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