view finder vs finder

view finder and finder both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
view finder	Yes	No	No	No
finder	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, view finder and finder are synonyms defined as:

view finder and finder: optical device that helps a user to find the target of interest

Other synonyms of view finder include viewfinder.

view finder (noun)	finder (noun)
optical device that helps a user to find the target of interest	optical device that helps a user to find the target of interest
	someone who is the first to observe something
	someone who comes upon something after searching