What exactly do "attempt" and "cycle" mean in these starter duty limitations? Can someone please explain me this A320 Starter Duty Limitation in simple terms?
E.g. for the CFM56 Starter:

No running engagement when N2&gt;20%
4 cycles of max 2 mins
Pause between
start attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 20
sec
Cooling period after 4 attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . 15min

Does it mean the moment I put Engine Master to ON till Automatic abort by FADEC in case of Automatic Start or Manual abort by turning the engine master and man start button off (limiting it to 2 mins) in case of Manual start = 1 Cycle. Then 20 Seconds gap. Then Next Cycle and so on and then say after 4 unsuccessful cycles I got to wait for 15 min.
But things get confusing between words Cycle and attempt. Since for another type of Engine it says

Auto start with up to 3 start attempts is 1 cycle.
Between
successive cycles – 20 seconds pause (for auto or manual ground
starts).
After 4 failed cycles – 15 min cooling period.

What is attempt and what is cycle? I hope someone explains it in real simple terminology.
Three start attempts are considered one &quot;CYCLE&quot; (we talk this in terms of starting the engine, that engine will get started in atleast these attempts).
A gap of 20sec or 35 sec after each attempt (failed /successful) is required.
And the cooling period of 15 min after 1 COMPLETE CYCLE (or 4 failed attempts) is required.
hope this helps.