Difference between 試みる and 試す


  1. 何度か **試みた** が、失敗した.

  2. 何度か **試した** が、失敗した.

Is there a difference between those sentences? I have the feeling that the
second one is more about trying smothing out like for the first time and see
what happens and the first one is more about tryining something probably again
and again.




These seem to be used in the same contexts a lot, but there are some cases
where their usage differs.

試す - Trying something with the motive of discovering something's qualities.

試みる - Trying something without knowing what the result will be.

  * Is seen used in more formal situations too.

So for these sentences, based on the goal it would change. 試す would show that
you're constantly trying to figure out something, but it never goes your way
perhaps. Such as testing a product for something. 試みる would be trying
something out without knowing the end result, so like doing an experiment to
test this product, but what sort of things will pop up are unknown.

Definitions I used are below!

_This is just my own sort of feeling as well, so there may be some parts that
are off, so I would love to hear other people's thoughts!_

* * *

**試す**

Definition:

> Google: 本当かどうか、それでよいかどうかなどを知ろう（確かめよう）と、実際にやってみる。

_Actually trying to doing something, or checking if something is true / good._

> Native Intuition
> [(1)](https://okwave.jp/qa/q4088136.html#:%7E:text=%E3%80%8C%E8%A9%A6%E3%81%99%E3%80%8D%E3%81%AF%E3%80%81%E5%AF%BE%E8%B1%A1%E3%81%A8,%E3%82%92%E8%A9%A6%E3%81%BF%E3%82%8B%E3%81%A8%E3%81%84%E3%81%A3%E3%81%9F%E9%81%95%E3%81%84%E3%81%A7%E3%81%99%E3%80%82):
> 対象となるものの性能・実態を知るためにやってみるというニュアンスが強い

_Strong nuance of discovering something's true state or ability through trying
to do something._

**試みる**

Definition:

> Google:（実際に）どうなるかやってみる。ためしにやってみる。ためす。

_Seeing how something turns out._

> Native Intuition
> [(1)](https://okwave.jp/qa/q4088136.html#:%7E:text=%E3%80%8C%E8%A9%A6%E3%81%99%E3%80%8D%E3%81%AF%E3%80%81%E5%AF%BE%E8%B1%A1%E3%81%A8,%E3%82%92%E8%A9%A6%E3%81%BF%E3%82%8B%E3%81%A8%E3%81%84%E3%81%A3%E3%81%9F%E9%81%95%E3%81%84%E3%81%A7%E3%81%99%E3%80%82):
> 結果がどうなるかはわからないがとりあえずやってみるというニュアンスが強い

_Not knowing how something will turn out, but trying it out anyways._

