Difference between Set About and Attempt

SET ABOUT vs ATTEMPT: NOUN

The act of attacking
An effort or a try.
An attack; an assault.
A putting forth of effort in the performance or accomplishment of that which is difficult or uncertain; essay, trial, or endeavor; effort.
An effort to accomplish something by force or violence; an attack or assault: as, an attempt upon one's life.
Temptation.
In law, an act done in part execution of a design to commit a crime. Judge May.
A essay, trial, or endeavor; an undertaking; an attack, or an effort to gain a point; esp. an unsuccessful, as contrasted with a successful, effort.
Such an intentional preparatory act as will apparently result, if not extrinsically hindered, in a crime which it was designed to effect.
Earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something

To make trial or experiment of; to try; to endeavor to do or perform (some action); to assay
To try to move, by entreaty, by afflictions, or by temptations; to tempt.
To try to win, subdue, or overcome.
To attack; to make an effort or attack upon; to try to take by force.
To try to seize or get control of by attacking.
To tempt.
To try to perform, make, or achieve.

Synonyms Attempt, Essay, Undertake, Endeavor, Strive, Struggle, seek, aim. The italicized words agree in expressing the beginning of a task, physical or intellectual, which is difficult and often impossible. They are arranged in the order of strength. Attempt is to try with some effort. Essay is sometimes to try in order to see if a thing can be done or attained, and sometimes simply to attempt: as, “which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned,” Heb. xi. 29. Undertake is, literally, to take a task upon one's self, perhaps formally, and hence to go about a task with care and effort. Endeavor is to try with more earnestness, labor, or exertion. Strive is to work hard and earnestly, doing one's best. Struggle is to tax one's powers to the extent of fatigue, pain, or exhaustion. The first three words are more appropriate for a single effort, the other three for continuous or continual efforts.
To attack; make an effort against; assail: as, to attempt the enemy's camp; to attempt a person's life.
To try to win or seduce; tempt; entice.
To endeavor to obtain or attract.
To try with afflictions. Jer. Taylor.
To make trial of; prove; test: as, “well-attempted plate,” Fairfax.
To venture upon: as, to attempt the sea.—
To make an effort to effect or do; endeavor to perform; undertake; essay: as, to attempt a bold flight.

Bring about, Set in motion, Bring forward, Embark on, Collide with, Start out, Go about, Set out, Undertake, Commence, Attempt, Approach, Get, Begin, Start

Order, Striving, Aim, Quest, Bid, Set about, Endeavour, Essay, Assay, Undertake, Attack, Seek, Endeavor, Try, Effort

Fall upon, Get across, Bring about, Set in motion, Bring forward, Embark on, Collide with, Go about, Set out, Undertake, Commence, Approach, Get, Begin, Start

Goal, Desire, Order, Aim, Quest, Bid, Set about, Essay, Assay, Undertake, Attack, Seek, Endeavor, Try, Effort

So he set about offering the service himself.
Formative and summative feedback tools provide opportunities for students to think critically about their work and set about to make improvements.
But Mike, who heard about the idea, set about writing the virtual panto script and came up with a story instead.
And after I asked him what he was talking about, I set about working on it.
After a year in Italy, in 1954 he moved to Roxbury, Connecticut, and set about completing his second novel, "Set This House on Fire.".
About time somebody set about mending the underlying system and holding people to account.
They set up a school for their children and quickly set about the reestablishment of their daily routines.
Set the snowplow up with shoes set about half an inch above the ground.
So Tim set set about building us some new database servers.
They do not set about helping, instead they set about calculating what will best promote their own standing.