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Trying vs Tryna - What's the difference?

trying | tryna |

As an adjective trying

is difficult to endure; arduous.

As a verb trying

is present participle of lang=en.

As a noun trying

is the act by which one tries something; an attempt.

As a contraction tryna is

trying to.

trying

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Difficult to endure; arduous.
  • *1891 , Conan Doyle,
  • *:"Do you not find," he said, "that with your short sight it is a little trying to do so much typewriting?"
  • Irritating, stressful or bothersome.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (philosophy) The act by which one tries something; an attempt.
  • * 2006 , Andrew Sneddon, Action and Responsibility (page 145)
    • In a variety of places, O'Shaughnessy argues that there is an internal relation between trying and the events that tryings produce. For example, he argues that tryings are not independently specifiable except as would-be causes of physical events.

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    tryna

    English

    Contraction

    (en-cont)
  • (slang) trying to
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