find vs come across

come across vs find

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

find and come across both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
find	Yes	No	Yes	No
come across	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, come across is a hyponym of find; that is, come across is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than find:

find: come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost
come across: find unexpectedly

Other hyponyms of find include feel, locate, turn up, attain, chance on, chance upon, come upon, discover, fall upon, happen upon, light upon, strike, rout out, rout up.

find (noun)	come across (noun)
the act of discovering something
a productive insight

find (verb)	come across (verb)
receive a specified treatment (abstract)	be received or understood
accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation	communicate the intended meaning or impression
come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds	come together
establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study	be perceived in a certain way; make a certain impression
decide on and make a declaration about	find unexpectedly
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

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