attempt vs work through

attempt

verb
  • To try. 

noun
  • The action of trying at something. 

  • An assault or attack, especially an assassination attempt. 

work through

verb
  • To get past a difficult or stressful situation by thinking or talking about it. 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see work, through. 

How often have the words attempt and work through occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )