Endeavour vs. Task — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Endeavour and Task
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Definitions
Endeavour
Try hard to do or achieve something
He is endeavouring to help the Third World
Task
A piece of work assigned or done as part of one's duties.
Endeavour
An attempt to achieve a goal
An endeavour to reduce serious injury
Task
A difficult or tedious undertaking
Finding qualified people to fill these specialized roles was a real task.
Endeavour
Variant of endeavor.
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Task
A function to be performed; an objective
It is our task to renew consumer confidence.
Endeavour
(British spelling) endeavor
Task
To assign a task to or impose a task on
The agency was tasked with creating an advertising campaign.
Endeavour
(British spelling) endeavor
Task
(Archaic) To subject to strain or hardship
"The Professor's household was a modest one, and yet it tasked his ideas to keep it up to his wife's standard" (Edith Wharton).
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Endeavour
A purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness);
He had doubts about the whole enterprise
Task
A piece of work done as part of one’s duties.
The employee refused to complete the assignment, arguing that it was not one of the tasks listed in her job description.
Endeavour
Earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something;
Made an effort to cover all the reading material
Wished him luck in his endeavor
She gave it a good try
Task
Any piece of work done.
Endeavour
Attempt by employing effort;
We endeavor to make our customers happy
Task
A difficult or tedious undertaking.
Task
An objective.
Task
(computing) A process or execution of a program.
The user killed the frozen task.
Task
(obsolete) A tax or charge.
Task
(transitive) To assign a task to, or impose a task on.
On my first day in the office, I was tasked with sorting a pile of invoices.
Task
(transitive) To oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to tax
Task
(transitive) To charge, as with a fault.
Task
Labor or study imposed by another, often in a definite quantity or amount.
Ma task of servile toil.
Each morning sees some task begin,Each evening sees it close.
Task
Business; employment; undertaking; labor.
His mental powers were equal to greater tasks.
Task
To impose a task upon; to assign a definite amount of business, labor, or duty to.
There task thy maids, and exercise the loom.
Task
To oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to tax.
Task
To charge; to tax, as with a fault.
Too impudent to task me with those errors.
Task
Any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted;
He prepared for great undertakings
Task
A specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee;
Estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars
The job of repairing the engine took several hours
The endless task of classifying the samples
The farmer's morning chores
Task
Assign a task to;
I tasked him with looking after the children
Task
Use to the limit;
You are taxing my patience
