offer vs try

offer and try both are nouns.

offer and try both are verbs.

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

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

offer: a usually brief attempt
try: earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something

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

offer (noun)	try (noun)
a usually brief attempt	earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
something offered (as a proposal or bid)
the verbal act of offering

offer (verb)	try (verb)
put forward for consideration	put on a garment in order to see whether it fits and looks nice
threaten to do something	melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities
ask (someone) to marry you	take a sample of
produce or introduce on the stage	test the limits of
present for acceptance or rejection	give pain or trouble to
propose a payment	make an effort or attempt
give something useful or necessary to	put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to
make available for sale	examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process
offer verbally	put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of
make available; provide
agree freely
mount or put up
present as an act of worship

Difference between offer and try

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