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Finding vs Determination - What's the difference?

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Finding is a related term of determination.


As nouns the difference between finding and determination

is that finding is a result of research or an investigation while determination is determination.

As a verb finding

is .

finding

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A result of research or an investigation.
  • (legal) A formal conclusion by a judge, jury or regulatory agency on issues of fact.
  • A self-contained component of assembled jewellery.
  • Derived terms

    * key finding * wayfinding

    Verb

    (head)
  • determination

    Noun

  • The act of determining, or the state of being determined.
  • Bringing to an end; termination; limit.
  • Direction or tendency to a certain end; impulsion.
  • The quality of mind which reaches definite conclusions; decision of character; resoluteness.
  • (countable) The state of decision; a judicial decision, or ending of controversy.
  • (countable) That which is determined upon; result of deliberation; purpose; conclusion formed; fixed resolution.
  • A flow, rush, or tendency to a particular part; as, a determination of blood to the head.
  • (countable) The act, process, or result of any accurate measurement, as of length, volume, weight, intensity, etc.; as, the determination of the ohm or of the wave length of light; the determination of the salt in sea water, or the oxygen in the air.
  • The act of defining a concept or notion by giving its essential constituents.
  • The addition of a differentia to a concept or notion, thus limiting its extent; -- the opposite of generalization.
  • The act of determining the relations of an object, as regards genus and species; the referring of minerals, plants, or animals, to the species to which they belong; classification; as, I am indebted to a friend for the determination of most of these shells.
  • Derived terms

    * cellular determination