Find vs Determine - What's the Difference?

Determine

Find

Definitions

Definition as Noun
Definition as Noun
  • a productive insight
  • the act of discovering something
Definition as Verb
  • fix in scope; fix the boundaries of
  • find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
  • reach, make, or come to a decision about something
  • establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
  • fix conclusively or authoritatively
  • settle conclusively; come to terms
  • shape or influence; give direction to
  • decide upon or fix definitely
Definition as Verb
  • obtain through effort or management
  • perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place
  • succeed in reaching; arrive at
  • discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
  • establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
  • make a discovery, make a new finding
  • make a discovery
  • come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds
  • accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation
  • come upon, as if by accident; meet with
  • get something or somebody for a specific purpose
  • receive a specified treatment (abstract)
  • get or find back; recover the use of
  • come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost
  • decide on and make a declaration about
  • perceive or be contemporaneous with

Examples

  • "the tree determines the border of the property"
  • "I want to see whether she speaks French"; "See whether it works"; "find out if he speaks Russian"; "Check whether the train leaves on time"
  • "We finally decided after lengthy deliberations"
  • "find the product of two numbers"; "The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize"
  • "set the rules"
  • "We finally settled the argument"
  • "experience often determines ability"; "mold public opinion"
  • "fix the variables"; "specify the parameters"
  • "She found the time and energy to take care of her aging parents"; "We found the money to send our sons to college"
  • "I found myself in a difficult situation"; "When he woke up, he found himself in a hospital room"
  • "The arrow found its mark"
  • "She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water"; "We found traces of lead in the paint"
  • "find the product of two numbers"; "The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize"
  • "Roentgen discovered X-rays"; "Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle"
  • "She found that he had lied to her"; "The story is false, so far as I can discover"
  • "I feel that he doesn't like me"; "I find him to be obnoxious"; "I found the movie rather entertaining"
  • "My son went to Berkeley to find himself"
  • "We find this idea in Plato"; "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here"; "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day"
  • "I found this gadget that will serve as a bottle opener"; "I got hold of these tools to fix our plumbing"; "The chairman got hold of a secretary on Friday night to type the urgent letter"
  • "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"; "His movie received a good review"; "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions"
  • "She regained control of herself"; "She found her voice and replied quickly"
  • "Did you find your glasses?"; "I cannot find my gloves!"
  • "find someone guilty"
  • "We found Republicans winning the offices"; "You'll see a lot of cheating in this school"; "The 1960's saw the rebellion of the younger generation against established traditions"; "I want to see results"

Parts of Speech

Verb
Noun, Verb

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