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Originate vs Found - What's the difference?

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Originate is a synonym of found.


In lang=en terms the difference between originate and found

is that originate is to come into existence; to have origin or beginning; to , be derived ((from), (with)) while found is to form by melting a metal and pouring it into a mould; to cast.

As verbs the difference between originate and found

is that originate is to cause to be, to bring into existence; to produce, initiate while found is (find) or found can be to begin building or found can be to melt, especially of metal in an industrial setting.

As a noun found is

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

originate

English

Verb

(originat)
  • To cause to be, to bring into existence; to produce, initiate.
  • *1998 , James Hebert, "Banderas puts his mark on 'Zorro'", San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 Jul 1998:
  • *:For the first time since Douglas Fairbanks Sr. originated the role in the 1920 silent "The Mark of Zorro," the hero will be played by a Hispanic actor.
  • *2002 , , The Great Nation , Penguin 2003, page 171:
  • *:The financial backers who originated the Encyclopédie project in 1745 had no idea about what they were getting into.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2012-01
  • , author=Michael Riordan , title=Tackling Infinity , volume=100, issue=1, page=86 , magazine= citation , passage=Some of the most beautiful and thus appealing physical theories, including quantum electrodynamics and quantum gravity, have been dogged for decades by infinities that erupt when theorists try to prod their calculations into new domains. Getting rid of these nagging infinities has probably occupied far more effort than was spent in originating the theories.}}
  • To come into existence; to have origin or beginning; to , be derived ((from), (with)).
  • The scheme originated with the governor and council.

    Synonyms

    * initiate * begin

    Antonyms

    * terminate * end * destinate (computing)

    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

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