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Tiring vs Tried - What's the difference?

tiring | tried |

As verbs the difference between tiring and tried

is that tiring is while tried is (try).

As a noun tiring

is (uncountable) action of the verb to tire .

As an adjective tiring

is that tires or tire.

tiring

English

Verb

(head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (uncountable) Action of the verb to tire .
  • (falconry) Bits of bone and tough organic material from a corpse given to hawks to abate their hunger.
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That tires or tire.
  • Carrying my bags up four flights of stairs is very tiring .

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    tried

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (try)
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  • The boy became volubly friendly and bubbling over with unexpected humour and high spirits. He tried to persuade Cicely to stay away from the ball-room for a fourth dance. Nobody would miss them, he explained.

    Derived terms

    * untried * tried and tested * tried and true * well-tried

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