determination vs discovery

discovery vs determination

determination and discovery both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
determination	Yes	No	No	No
discovery	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, discovery is a hypernym of determination; that is, discovery is a word with a broader meaning than determination:

determination: the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation
discovery: the act of discovering something

Other hypernyms of determination include find, uncovering.

determination (noun)	discovery (noun)
the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation	the act of discovering something
the act of making up your mind about something	a productive insight
the quality of being determined to do or achieve something; firmness of purpose	something that is discovered
a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration	(law) compulsory pretrial disclosure of documents relevant to a case; enables one side in a litigation to elicit information from the other side concerning the facts in the case
deciding or controlling something's outcome or nature

Difference between determination and discovery

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