Determine vs. Discover

Determineverb

To set the boundaries or limits of.

Discoververb

To find or learn something for the first time.

‘Turning the corner, I discovered a lovely little shop. I discovered that they sold widgets.’;

Determineverb

To ascertain definitely; to figure out, find out, or conclude by analyzing, calculating, or investigating.

Discoververb

To remove the cover from; to uncover (a head, building etc.).

Determineverb

To fix the form or character of; to shape; to prescribe imperatively; to regulate; to settle.

Discoververb

To expose, uncover.

‘The gust of wind discovered a bone in the sand.’;

Determineverb

To fix the course of; to impel and direct; with a remoter object preceded by to.

Discoververb

To create by moving a piece out of another piece's line of attack.

‘This move discovers an attack on a vital pawn.’;

Determineverb

To bring to a conclusion, as a question or controversy; to settle authoritative or judicial sentence; to decide.

‘The court has determined the cause.’;

Discoververb

To reveal (information); to divulge, make known.

‘I discovered my plans to the rest of the team.’;

Determineverb

To resolve on; to have a fixed intention of; also, to cause to come to a conclusion or decision; to lead.

‘I determined to go home at once.’;

Discoververb

To reconnoitre, explore (an area).

Determineverb

(logic) To define or limit by adding a differentia.

Discoververb

(obsolete) To manifest without design; to show; to exhibit.

Determineverb

(obsolete) To bring to an end; to finish.

Discoververb

To uncover.

‘Whether any man hath pulled down or discovered any church.’;

Determineverb

To fix the boundaries of; to mark off and separate.

‘[God] hath determined the times before appointed.’;

Discoververb

To disclose; to lay open to view; to make visible; to reveal; to make known; to show (what has been secret, unseen, or unknown).

‘Go, draw aside the curtains, and discoverThe several caskets to this noble prince.’; ‘Prosperity doth best discover vice; but adversity doth best discover virtue.’; ‘We will discover ourselves unto them.’; ‘Discover not a secret to another.’;

Determineverb

To set bounds to; to fix the determination of; to limit; to bound; to bring to an end; to finish.

‘The knowledge of men hitherto hath been determined by the view or sight.’; ‘Now, where is he that will not stay so longTill his friend sickness hath determined me?’;

Discoververb

To obtain for the first time sight or knowledge of, as of a thing existing already, but not perceived or known; to find; to ascertain; to espy; to detect.

‘Some to discover islands far away.’;

Determineverb

To fix the form or character of; to shape; to prescribe imperatively; to regulate; to settle.

‘The character of the soul is determined by the character of its God.’; ‘Something divinely beautiful . . . that at some time or other might influence or even determine her course of life.’;

Discoververb

To manifest without design; to show.

‘The youth discovered a taste for sculpture.’;

Determineverb

To fix the course of; to impel and direct; - with a remoter object preceded by to; as, another's will determined me to this course.

Discoververb

To explore; to examine.

Determineverb

To ascertain definitely; to find out the specific character or name of; to assign to its true place in a system; as, to determine an unknown or a newly discovered plant or its name.

Discoververb

To discover or show one's self.

‘This done, they discover.’; ‘Nor was this the first time that they discovered to be followers of this world.’;

Determineverb

To bring to a conclusion, as a question or controversy; to settle authoritative or judicial sentence; to decide; as, the court has determined the cause.

Discoververb

discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of;

‘She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water’; ‘We found traces of lead in the paint’;

Determineverb

To resolve on; to have a fixed intention of; also, to cause to come to a conclusion or decision; to lead; as, this determined him to go immediately.

Discoververb

make a discovery, make a new finding;

‘Roentgen discovered X-rays’; ‘Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle’;

Determineverb

To define or limit by adding a differentia.

Discoververb

get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally;

‘I learned that she has two grown-up children’; ‘I see that you have been promoted’;

Determineverb

To ascertain the presence, quantity, or amount of; as, to determine the parallax; to determine the salt in sea water.

Discoververb

make a discovery;

‘She found that he had lied to her’; ‘The story is false, so far as I can discover’;

Determineverb

To come to an end; to end; to terminate.

‘He who has vented a pernicious doctrine or published an ill book must know that his life determine not together.’; ‘Estates may determine on future contingencies.’;

Discoververb

find unexpectedly;

‘the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb’; ‘she struck a goldmine’; ‘The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake’;

Determineverb

To come to a decision; to decide; to resolve; - often with on.

‘He shall pay as the judges determine.’;

Discoververb

make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret;

‘The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold’; ‘The actress won't reveal how old she is’; ‘bring out the truth’; ‘he broke the news to her’;

Determineverb

after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study;

‘find the product of two numbers’; ‘The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize’;

Discoververb

see for the first time; make a discovery;

‘Who discovered the North Pole?’;

Determineverb

shape or influence; give direction to;

‘experience often determines ability’; ‘mold public opinion’;

Discoververb

identify as in botany or biology, for example

Determineverb

fix conclusively or authoritatively;

‘set the rules’;

Determineverb

decide upon or fix definitely;

‘fix the variables’; ‘specify the parameters’;

Determineverb

reach, make, or come to a decision about something;

‘We finally decided after lengthy deliberations’;

Determineverb

fix in scope; fix the boundaries of; the tree determines the border of the property

Determineverb

settle conclusively; come to terms;

‘We finally settled the argument’;

Determineverb

find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort;

‘I want to see whether she speaks French’; ‘See whether it works’; ‘find out if he speaks Russian’; ‘Check whether the train leaves on time’;

Determineverb

cause (something) to occur in a particular way or to have a particular nature

‘it will be her mental attitude that determines her future’;

Determineverb

ascertain or establish exactly by research or calculation

‘the point of our study was to determine what is true, not what is practicable’; ‘the inquest is entrusted with the task of determining the cause of death’;

Determineverb

specify the value, position, or form of (a mathematical or geometrical object) uniquely.

Determineverb

firmly decide

‘my wife had determined that I must swap my old bike for a car’; ‘she determined to tackle Stephen the next day’; ‘he determined on a withdrawal of his forces’;

Determineverb

bring or come to an end.

Determine

Determine (April 7, 1951 – September 27, 1972), was an American Thoroughbred race horse. In a racing career which lasted from 1953 through 1955, the California-trained colt ran forty-four times and won eighteen races.