Stumbleupon vs Discover - What's the difference?
stumbleupon | discover |
Stumbleupon has no English definition.
(obsolete) To remove the cover from; to uncover (a head, building etc.).
To expose, uncover.
:
(chess) To create by moving a piece out of another piece's line of attack.
:
(archaic) To reveal (information); to divulge, make known.
:
*Shakespeare
*:Go, draw aside the curtains, and discover / The several caskets to this noble prince.
*Francis Bacon
*:Prosperity doth best discover' vice; but adversity doth best ' discover virtue.
(obsolete) To reconnoitre, explore (an area).
*, Bk.V, ch.ix:
*:they seyde the same, and were aggreed that Sir Clegis, Sir Claryon, and Sir Clement the noble, that they sholde dyscover the woodys, bothe the dalys and the downys.
To find or learn something for the first time.
:
*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-10, volume=408, issue=8848, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= (obsolete) To manifest without design; to show; to exhibit.
*C. J. Smith
*:The youth discovered a taste for sculpture.
*1806 , Alexander Hunter, Culina Famulatrix Medicinæ , p.125:
*:The English Cooks keep all their Spices in separate boxes, but the French Cooks make a spicey mixture that does not discover a predominancy of any one of the spices over the others.
Stumbleupon is likely misspelled.
Stumbleupon has no English definition.
As a verb discover is
to remove the cover from; to uncover (a head, building etc.).As a proper noun Discover is
Discover Card, a brand of credit card.stumbleupon
Not English
Stumbleupon has no English definition. It may be misspelled.discover
English
Alternative forms
* discovre (obsolete)Verb
(en verb)Can China clean up fast enough?, passage=All this has led to an explosion of protest across China, including among a middle class that has discovered nimbyism.}}