try vs essay

try and essay both are nouns.

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

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

try: earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
essay: a tentative attempt

As verbs, try and essay are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of try include assay, attempt, seek.

As verbs, try and essay are synonyms defined as:

try and essay: put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to

Other synonyms of try include examine, prove, test, try out.

try (noun)	essay (noun)
earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something	a tentative attempt
	an analytic or interpretive literary composition

try (verb)	essay (verb)
put on a garment in order to see whether it fits and looks nice	make an effort or attempt
melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities	put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to
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