Transpire vs Found - What's the difference?
transpire | found |
To give off (vapour, waste matter etc.); to exhale (an odour etc.).
(obsolete) To perspire.
(botany) Of plants, to give off water and waste products through the stomata.
To become known; to escape from secrecy.
* De Quincey
(loosely) To happen, take place.
* 1994 , Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom , Abacus 2010, p. 166:
Food and lodging, board.
(find)
To begin building.
To start some type of organization or company.
* {{quote-book, year=1913, author=
, title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad
, chapter=4 To melt, especially of metal in an industrial setting.
To form by melting a metal and pouring it into a mould; to cast.
* Milton
As verbs the difference between transpire and found
is that transpire is 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.transpire
English
(Transpiration)Verb
- The proceedings of the council soon transpired .
- The story of Paulina's and Maximilian's mutual attachment had transpired through many of the travellers.
- Although I was prevented from attending the 1952 annual conference, I was immediately informed as to what had transpired .
Synonyms
* (become known) be revealed, be discovered, come to light * (happen) come about, come to pass, occur * (perspire) perspire, sweatDerived terms
* transpirationAnagrams
* ----found
English
Etymology 1
see find.Noun
- {{quote-book
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)Derived terms
* found footage * lost and foundEtymology 2
From (etyl) founder (French: fonder), from (etyl) fundare.Verb
(en verb)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) establishAntonyms
* (to begin building) ruin * (to start organization) dissolve, abolishReferences
* Oxford Online Dictionary, found * WordNet 3.1: A Lexical Database for English, Princeton UniversityEtymology 3
From (etyl) fondre.Verb
(en verb)- Whereof to found their engines.