جرب vs حول
I am under the impression both of these verbs to translate to "to try" , but is should I use one or the other depending on context, or are they interchangeable ?
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Like in the comments, they both mean to try but with a bit difference:
حاول : you use this when you want to express that you are making an effort to do something.
I'm trying hard to stay focused أحاول جاهدا أن أبقى مركزا
try to sleep early today حاول أن تنام باكرا اليوم
جرب: is about experiencing something. تجربة = experience
I tried your way of solving this kind of problems جربت طريقتك في حل هذا النوع من المسائل
You should try this cake, it's delicious يجب أن تجرب هذه الكعكة. انها لذيذة
I hope you understood the difference. Good luck.
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جرَّبَ (المعجم اللغة العربية المعاصرة)
جرَّبَ يجرِّب ، تَجْرِبةً وتَجْريبًا ، فهو مُجرِّب ، والمفعول مُجرَّب :-
• جرَّب الجهازَ اختبره مرَّة بعد أخرى :-جرَّب التِّلفازَ الجديدَ، - *لا تمدحنَّ امرءًا حتى تُجرِّبه*:-
• اسأل مُجرِّبًا وإنْ سألتَ طبيبًا، - جرَّب الأيَّام، - جرَّب ثوبًا: قاسه على جسمه، - جرَّب حظَّه: حاول أمرًا دون أن يكون متأكّدًا من الفوز به، - رَجُلٌ مجرَّب: جُرِّب في الأمور وعُرف ماعنده، - رَجُلٌ مجرِّب: عرف الأمور وجرَّبها.
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حاوَلَ (المعجم الغني)
[ح و ل]. (فعل: رباعي متعد). حاوَلْتُ، أُحاوِلُ، حاوِلْ، مصدر مُحاوَلَةٌ.
1. :-حاوَلَ أَنْ يَتَعَلَّمَ لُغَةً أَجْنَبِيَّةً :- : سَعَى. :-نُحاوِلُ مُلْكاً أَوْ نَموتَ فَنُعْذَرا.(امرؤ القيس).
2. :-وَجَدْتُهُ يُحاوِلُ الغِشَّ :- : يُريدُ الغِشَّ بِحيلَةٍ.
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جرب = tested something or experienced it
جرب تجربة = اختبرها
جرب حظه = خاطر
حاول = tried doing it and finishing it or put some effort doing something or used trickery to do something. Maybe he succeeded or maybe failed.
حاول العالم انهاء تجربته = he put effort to end his experiment.
جرب العالم انهاء تجربته = he experimented the ending of his experiment.
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Aleen gave you a good answer ... i want just to add an orthograph detail : حاول and not حول because the way you wrote it means to transforme some thing to an other thing... than جرب is like sience experiences the noun is التجربة means the experience, and حاول is to try doing some thing the noun is المحاولة means trying ,reaching to get some thing like in video games you can say : i am trying to win ; أحاول النجاح في هذه اللعبة... or am trying to improve my english level ; أحاول تحسين مستوايا في الإنجليزية...
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جرب is like when you try something for the first time. For example in English when you would say "I tried sushi and I loved it!" حاول is when you are trying to do something in an effort sense. For example in English when we say, "I'm trying to study for the exam, but I keep getting distracted."
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