Try and Yearn

Try

Try verb - To subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress.

Yearn and try are semantically related in seek topic. In some cases you can use "Yearn" instead a verb "Try", when it comes to topics like strive, govern.

Nearby Words: tried, trying

Yearn

Yearn verb - Desire strongly or persistently.
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Synonyms for Yearn

Try and yearn are semantically related in seek topic. Sometimes you can use "Try" instead a verb "Yearn", if it concerns topics such as strive, govern.

Common collocations

end try end yearn end
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Yearn and Try. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/try/yearn
Try & Yearn. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/try/yearn>.
Yearn or Try. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/try/yearn.
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