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come across vs find

find vs come across

come across is not a noun while find is a noun.

come across and find both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
come across No No Yes No
find Yes No Yes No
As verbs, find is a hypernym of come across; that is, find is a word with a broader meaning than come across:
  • come across: find unexpectedly
  • find: come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost
Other hypernyms of come across include regain.
come across (noun) find (noun)
the act of discovering something
a productive insight
come across (verb) find (verb)
be received or understood receive a specified treatment (abstract)
communicate the intended meaning or impression accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation
come together come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds
be perceived in a certain way; make a certain impression establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
find unexpectedly 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 come across and find

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