Ask Difference

Build vs. Found — What's the Difference?

Build vs. Found — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Build and Found

ADVERTISEMENT

Compare with Definitions

Build

To form by combining materials or parts; construct.

Found

Past and past participle of find

Build

To order, finance, or supervise the construction of
The administration built several new housing projects.

Found

Establish or originate (an institution or organization)
The monastery was founded in 1665

Build

To develop or give form to according to a plan or process; create
Build a nation.
Built a successful business out of their corner grocery store.
ADVERTISEMENT

Found

Base (something) on a particular principle, idea, or feeling
A society founded on the highest principles of religion and education

Build

To increase or strengthen by adding gradually to
Money building interest in a savings account.
Build support for a political candidate.

Found

Melt and mould (metal).

Build

To establish a basis for; found or ground
Build an argument on fact.

Found

Having been discovered by chance or unexpectedly.

Build

To make something by combining materials or parts.

Found

(of a ship) equipped
The ship was well found and seaworthy

Build

To engage in the construction or design of buildings
"Each of the three architects built in a different style" (Dwight Macdonald).

Found

To establish or set up, especially with provision for continuing existence
The college was founded in 1872.

Build

To develop in magnitude or extent
Clouds building on the horizon.

Found

To establish the foundation or basis of; base
Found a theory on firm evidence.

Build

To progress toward a maximum, as of intensity
Suspense building from the opening scene to the climax.

Found

To melt (metal) and pour into a mold.

Build

The physical makeup of a person or thing, especially one's physique
An athletic build.

Found

To make (objects) by pouring molten material into a mold.

Build

(Computers) Any of various versions of a software product as it is being developed for release to users.

Found

Past tense and past participle of find.

Build

(transitive) To form (something) by combining materials or parts.

Found

Simple past tense and past participle of find

Build

(transitive) To develop or give form to (something) according to a plan or process.

Found

(transitive) To start (an institution or organization).

Build

(transitive) To increase or strengthen (something) by adding gradually to.

Found

(transitive) To begin building. en

Build

(transitive) To establish a basis for (something).

Found

To melt, especially of metal in an industrial setting.

Build

(intransitive) To form by combining materials or parts.

Found

To form by melting a metal and pouring it into a mould; to cast.

Build

(intransitive) To develop in magnitude or extent.

Found

(obsolete) Food and lodging; board.

Build

To construct (software) by compiling its source code.

Found

A thin, single-cut file for comb-makers.

Build

To be converted into software by compilation, usually with minimal human intervention.
This code won’t build any more. Have you made any changes?

Found

To form by melting a metal, and pouring it into a mold; to cast.

Build

The physique of a human or animal body, or other object; constitution or structure.
Rugby players are of sturdy build.

Found

To lay the basis of; to set, or place, as on something solid, for support; to ground; to establish upon a basis, literal or figurative; to fix firmly.
I had else been perfect,Whole as the marble, founded as the rock.
A man that all his timeHath founded his good fortunes on your love.
It fell not, for it was founded on a rock.

Build

Any of various versions of a software product as it is being developed for release to users.
The computer company has introduced a new prototype build to beta testers.

Found

To take the ffirst steps or measures in erecting or building up; to furnish the materials for beginning; to begin to raise; to originate; as, to found a college; to found a family.
There they shall foundTheir government, and their great senate choose.

Build

A structure, such as a building, statue, pool or forest, or a configuration of a character's items or skills, created by the player.
I made a build that looked like the Parthenon in that game.

Found

A thin, single-cut file for combmakers.

Build

To erect or construct, as an edifice or fabric of any kind; to form by uniting materials into a regular structure; to fabricate; to make; to raise.
Nor aught availed him nowTo have built in heaven high towers.

Found

Food and lodging provided in addition to money;
They worked for $30 and found

Build

To raise or place on a foundation; to form, establish, or produce by using appropriate means.
Who builds his hopes in air of your good looks.

Found

Set up or found;
She set up a literacy program

Build

To increase and strengthen; to increase the power and stability of; to settle, or establish, and preserve; - frequently with up; as, to build up one's constitution.
I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up.

Found

Set up or lay the groundwork for;
Establish a new department

Build

To exercise the art, or practice the business, of building.

Found

Use as a basis for; found on;
Base a claim on some observation

Build

To rest or depend, as on a foundation; to ground one's self or one's hopes or opinions upon something deemed reliable; to rely; as, to build on the opinions or advice of others.

Found

Come upon unexpectedly or after searching;
Found art
The lost-and-found department

Build

Form or mode of construction; general figure; make; as, the build of a ship; a great build on a man.

Build

Constitution of the human body

Build

Alternative names for the body of a human being;
Leonardo studied the human body
He has a strong physique
The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak

Build

Make by combining materials and parts;
This little pig made his house out of straw
Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer

Build

Form or accumulate steadily;
Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly
Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border

Build

Build or establish something abstract;
Build a reputation

Build

Improve the cleansing action of;
Build detergents

Build

Order, supervise, or finance the construction of;
The government is building new schools in this state

Build

Give form to, according to a plan;
Build a modern nation
Build a million-dollar business

Build

Be engaged in building;
These architects build in interesting and new styles

Build

Found or ground;
Build a defense on nothing but the accused person's reputation

Build

Bolster or strengthen;
We worked up courage
Build up confidence
Ramp up security in the airports

Build

Develop and grow;
Suspense was building right from the beginning of the opera

Share Your Discovery

Share via Social Media
Embed This Content
Embed Code
Share Directly via Messenger
Link
Previous Comparison
Partner vs. Principal
Next Comparison
Colleague vs. Employee

Popular Comparisons

Trending Comparisons

New Comparisons

Trending Terms