To describe a small difference, you can use the words 'a bit', 'a little' or 'slightly', for example: Tom is a bit taller than me. Tom is a little taller than me. And, Tom is slightly taller than me.

Let me give you some clues. I tried baking a cake. When we use try with an -ing verb, it simply means that you attempted something. I tried to bake a cake. So, when you attempt to do something but you ...