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catching vs find

find vs catching

catching and find both are nouns.

catching is an adjective but find is not an adjective.

catching is not a verb while find is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
catching Yes Yes No No
find Yes No Yes No
As nouns, find is a hypernym of catching; that is, find is a word with a broader meaning than catching:
  • catching: the act of detecting something; catching sight of something
  • find: the act of discovering something
Other hypernyms of catching include discovery, uncovering.
catching (noun) find (noun)
(baseball) playing the position of catcher on a baseball team the act of discovering something
the act of detecting something; catching sight of something a productive insight
becoming infected
catching (adjective) find (adjective)
(of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection
catching (verb) find (verb)
receive a specified treatment (abstract)
accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation
come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds
establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
decide on and make a declaration about
make a discovery, make a new finding
succeed in reaching; arrive at
perceive or be contemporaneous with
discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of by perception with the eyes
perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place
come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost
get something or somebody for a specific purpose
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
obtain through effort or management
get or find back; recover the use of
Difference between catching and find

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