Attempt vs Examine - What's the difference?

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Attempt is a related term of examine.

As verbs the difference between attempt and examine

is that attempt is to try while examine is .

As a noun attempt

is the action of trying at something.

attempt

English

Verb

(en verb)

To try.

I attempted to sing, but my throat was too hoarse.

to attempt an escape from prison

* Longfellow

Something attempted , something done, / Has earned a night's repose.

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(obsolete) To try to move, by entreaty, by afflictions, or by temptations; to tempt.

* Thackeray

It made the laughter of an afternoon / That Vivien should attempt the blameless king.

(archaic) To try to win, subdue, or overcome.

one who attempts the virtue of a woman

* Shakespeare

Dear sir, of force I must attempt you further: / Take some remembrance of us, as a tribute.

(archaic) To attack; to make an effort or attack upon; to try to take by force.

to attempt the enemy's camp

* Motley

without attempting his adversary's life

Usage notes

* This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive . See

Synonyms

* take a stab at, take a run at

Noun

(en noun)

The action of trying at something.

* We made an attempt to cross the stream, but didn't manage.

* This poem is much better than the feeble attempt of mine.

* It was worth the attempt .

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An assault or attack, especially an assassination attempt.

* 1584' ''No man can charge us of any '''attempt against the realm. (Allen's Defence Of English Catholics, cited after Edinburgh review 1883, p. 378)

Usage notes

* Adjectives often applied to "attempt": first, failed, desperate, last, half-hearted, unsuccessful, serious, successful, feeble, new, honest, vain, sincere, ambitious, earnest, clumsy, direct, hard, brilliant, official, useless, clever, sophisticated, amateurish.

Synonyms

* effort * try

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examine

English

Alternative forms

* examin (obsolete)

Verb

(examin)

To observe or inspect carefully or critically.

He examined the crime scene for clues.

She examined the hair sample under a microscope.

With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get

To check the health or condition of something or someone.

The doctor examined the patient.

To determine the aptitude, skills or qualifications of someone by subjecting them to an examination.

To interrogate.

The witness was examined under oath.

Synonyms

* (l), (l)

Derived terms

* cross-examine, cross examine * examinable * examinee * examiner * examinership * examiningly * re-examine