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In lang=en terms the difference between found and identify

is that found is to form by melting a metal and pouring it into a mould; to cast while identify is to claim an identity; to describe oneself as a member of a group; to assert the use of a particular term to describe oneself.

As verbs the difference between found and identify

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 identify is to establish the identity of someone or something.

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.
  • {{quote-book
    , year=1872 , year_published=2009 , edition=HTML , editor= , author=James De Mille , title=The Cryptogram , chapter= citation , genre= , publisher=The Gutenberg Project , isbn= , page= , passage=I'll only give you the usual payment--say five hundred dollars a year, and found'." / "And--what?" / "' Found --that is, board, you know, and clothing, of course, also. }}

    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 . …”}}

    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

    *

    identify

    English

    Verb

  • To establish the identity of someone or something.
  • *
  • (biology) To establish the taxonomic classification of an organism.
  • *
  • To equate or make the same; to unite or combine into one.
  • * D. Ramsay
  • Every precaution is taken to identify the interests of the people and of the rulers.
  • * Burke
  • Let us identify , let us incorporate ourselves with the people.
  • (reflexive) To have a strong affinity (with); to feel oneself to be modelled on or connected to.
  • * 1999 , Joyce Crick, translating Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams , Oxford 2008, p. 117:
  • The dream is given a new interpretation if in her dream she means not herself but her friend, if she has put herself in the place of her friend, or, as we may say, she has identified herself with her.
  • To associate oneself with some group.
  • *
  • To claim an identity; to describe oneself as a member of a group; to assert the use of a particular term to describe oneself.
  • * {{quote-magazine
  • , year=2010 , author= , title=Youth Who Self-Identify as Gay, Lesbian or Bisexual at Higher Suicide Risk, Say Researchers , date=Feb. 6, 2010 , magazine=Science Daily citation , passage="The main message is that it's the interface between individuals and society that causes students who identify as gay, lesbian, or bisexual the most distress," said study first author Yue Zhao. }}

    Synonyms

    * to ID