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Founds vs Establishes - What's the difference?

founds | establishes |

As verbs the difference between founds and establishes

is that founds is third-person singular of found while establishes is third-person singular of establish.

founds

English

Verb

(head)
  • (found)

    • 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.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1913, author=
    • , title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad , chapter=4 citation , passage=“… That woman is stark mad, Lord Stranleigh. Her own father recognised it when he bereft her of all power in the great business he founded . …”}}
    Related terms
    * foundation * founder

    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.
    Related terms
    * foundry

    Etymology 4

    Noun

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

    • Statistics

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    Anagrams

    * English irregular past participles English irregular simple past forms

    establishes

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (establish)

    • establish

    English

    Verb

    (es)
  • To make stable or firm; to confirm.
  • *
  • To form; to found; to institute; to set up in business.
  • * , (w) 6:18
    • But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.
  • To appoint or adopt, as officers, laws, regulations, guidelines, etc.; to enact; to ordain.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)
    • , chapter=4 citation , passage=By some paradoxical evolution rancour and intolerance have been established in the vanguard of primitive Christianity. Mrs. Spoker, in common with many of the stricter disciples of righteousness, was as inclement in demeanour as she was cadaverous in aspect.}}
  • To prove and cause to be accepted as true; to establish a fact; to demonstrate.

    • Related terms

    * stable

    Derived terms

    * established church * establishing shot * long-established

    References

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