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What is the difference between figure and find ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between figure and find ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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They work similarly but I'll try my best to explain it.
To figure out something is to understand something in your head or while you're doing it through trial and error.
"I figured out how to make hamburgers." (Implied that you experimented on it)
To find out is discover the fact of the matter through investigation, observation, or research.
"I found out how to make hamburgers." (Implied that you read about it somewhere)
That said, saying that you "found something out" feels more factual than having "figured something out".
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They work similarly but I'll try my best to explain it.
To figure out something is to understand something in your head or while you're doing it through trial and error.
"I figured out how to make hamburgers." (Implied that you experimented on it)
To find out is discover the fact of the matter through investigation, observation, or research.
"I found out how to make hamburgers." (Implied that you read about it somewhere)
That said, saying that you "found something out" feels more factual than having "figured something out".
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