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Detect vs Find_out - What's the difference?

detect | find_out | Synonyms |

Detect is a synonym of find_out.


As verbs the difference between detect and find_out

is that detect is to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing while find_out is (idiomatic) to discover, as by asking or exploring.

As an adjective detect

is (obsolete) detected.

detect

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing

    • Derived terms

    * detection * detective * detector

    See also

    * discover * find * stumble upon

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (obsolete) Detected.
    • (Fabyan)

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    find_out

    English

    Verb

  • (idiomatic) To discover, as by asking or exploring.
    • I don't know who the twenty-first president of the United States was, but it should be very easy to find out .