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Found vs Cofound - What's the difference?

found | cofound |

As verbs the difference between found and cofound

is that found is (find) or found can be to begin building or found can be to melt, especially of metal in an industrial setting while cofound is to found at the same time as another.

As a noun found

is food and lodging, board or found can be a thin, single-cut file for comb-makers.

found

English

Etymology 1

see find.

Noun

  • Food and lodging, board.
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    Verb

    (head)
  • (find)
  • Derived terms
    * found footage * lost and found

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) founder (French: fonder), from (etyl) fundare.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To begin building.
  • To start some type of organization or company.
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    Synonyms

    * (to start organization) establish

    Antonyms

    * (to begin building) ruin * (to start organization) dissolve, abolish

    References

    * Oxford Online Dictionary, found * WordNet 3.1: A Lexical Database for English, Princeton University

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) fondre.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To melt, especially of metal in an industrial setting.
  • To form by melting a metal and pouring it into a mould; to cast.
  • * Milton
  • Whereof to found their engines.

    Etymology 4

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A thin, single-cut file for comb-makers.
  • Statistics

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    cofound

    English

    Alternative forms

    *co-found

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To found at the same time as another
  • To found with one or more other people
  • Derived terms

    *cofounder

    See also

    *cofinding