endeavour vs bid

bid vs endeavour

endeavour and bid both are nouns.

endeavour and bid both are verbs.

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

As nouns, bid is a hyponym of endeavour; that is, bid is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than endeavour:

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

Other hyponyms of endeavour include batting, best, worst, play, crack, fling, go, offer, pass, whirl, essay, foray, contribution, part, share, liberation, mug's game, power play, squeeze, squeeze play, seeking, shot, stab, shot, nisus, pains, strain, striving, battle, struggle, takeover attempt, run, test, trial, test, trial.

endeavour (noun)	bid (noun)
earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something	an attempt to get something
a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness)	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

endeavour (verb)	bid (verb)
attempt by employing effort	ask someone in a friendly way to do something
	invoke upon
	ask for or request earnestly
	propose a payment
	make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands
	make a serious effort to attain something

Difference between endeavour and bid

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