Finder vs Founder - What's the difference?
finder | founder |
One who finds, or discovers something.
* 2012 , Alan R. Romero, Property Law For Dummies (page 229)
An optical device, such as a viewfinder, used to locate a target or other object of interest
One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom something originates; one who endows.
(genetics) Someone for whose parents one has no data.
The iron worker in charge of the blast furnace and the smelting operation.
* 1957 , H.R. Schubert, History of the British Iron and Steel Industry , p. 161.
One who casts metals in various forms; a caster.
Of a ship, to fill with water and sink.
* 1719 ,
To fall; to stumble and go lame, as a horse.
To disable or lame (a horse) by causing internal inflammation and soreness in the feet or limbs.
To fail; to miscarry.
* Shakespeare
As nouns the difference between finder and founder
is that finder is one who finds, or discovers something while founder is one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom something originates; one who endows.As a verb founder is
of a ship, to fill with water and sink.finder
English
Noun
(en noun)- Finders keepers, losers weepers.
- The finder of treasure trove owns it against the landowner and everyone else except the true owner.
Derived terms
* pure finderAnagrams
* * English agent nouns ----founder
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Antonyms
* (one who founds) ruinerEtymology 2
From (etyl)Noun
(en noun)- The term 'founder' was applied in the British iron industry long afterwards to the ironworker in charge of the blast furnace and the smelting operation.
- a founder of cannon, bells, hardware, or printing types
Etymology 3
From (etyl)Verb
(en verb)- We were not much more than a quarter of an hour out of our ship but we saw her sink, and then I understood for the first time what was meant by a ship foundering in the sea.
- All his tricks founder .