按摩过水什么意思:discovery和find有区别吗

discover是发现的意思，是指发现原来就有而一直没被发现，例如“Columbus has discovered America"哥伦布发现新大陆
而find 是指找，寻找的过程，并不指发现
发现以前没有的东西叫发明invent

（因为discovery是名词，find是动词，不具有可比性，所以擅自改了题目！）

discovery 是发现的意思，指发现原来就存在而一直没有被人们所知道的事物；而find主要强调的是找动作，找的过程。

应该是discover和find的区别：
常混用，但discover强调新的、重大的、科学上的发现；find 多指一般的、平时的发现。

discovery: [ dis'kʌvəri ]

a. 发现,发现物
n. 发现

例句与用法:
1. A collector of rare insects will show us some of his latest discoveries.
一位稀有昆虫采集家将给我们看一些他的最新发现。

2. New scientific discoveries are being made everyday.
每天都有新的科学发现。

3. He buried the treasure to prevent its discovery.
他将财宝埋了起来以免被人发现.

4. Like many discoveries, atomic power can be used for good or evil.
正如人类发现的许多事物一样, 原子能既可用来为善, 也可用以作恶.

5. Scientists have made many important discoveries.
科学家作出了许多重大发现.

6. The new discovery caused a great sensation.
这项新发现很轰动。

7. The discovery that her husband was unfaithful to her was a rude (ie shocking) awakening.
她发觉丈夫对自己不忠而猛醒.

8. The discovery caused a tremendous commotion in the scientific world.
那项发现在科学界引起极大的震动。

英英解释:
名词discovery:

1. the act of discovering something
同义词：find, uncovering

2. something that is discovered

3. a productive insight
同义词：breakthrough, find

4. (law) compulsory pretrial disclosure of documents relevant to a case; enables one side in a litigation to elicit information from the other side concerning the facts in the case

find: [ faind ]

v. 发现,感觉到,认为
n.[计算机] DOS命令 : 定位和显示在文件中所有出现指定字符串的位置
[计算机] 查找

例句与用法:
1. I think I'm lost; I can't find the bridge.
我想我是迷路了，我找不到那座桥了。

2. We have found oil under the North Sea.
我们在北海发现了石油。

3. My new secretary is very good; quite a find, in fact.
我的新秘书很好，确实是难得的人才。

4. I have no fault to find with your work.
我对你的工作无可挑剔。

5. Look what I've found.
瞧我找到什么了。

6. How do you find your new job?
你认为你的新工作怎么样？

7. The jury found him guilty (of manslaughter).
陪审团裁定他（误杀）罪名成立.

8. I'll help you find your shoes/find your shoes for you.
我来帮你找鞋.

英英解释:
名词find:

1. a productive insight
同义词：discovery, breakthrough

2. the act of discovering something
同义词：discovery, uncovering

动词find:

1. come upon, as if by accident; meet with
同义词：happen, chance, bump, encounter

2. discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
同义词：detect, observe, discover, notice

3. come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost
同义词：regain

4. establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
同义词：determine, find out, ascertain

5. come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds
同义词：feel

6. perceive or be contemporaneous with
同义词：witness, see

7. get something or somebody for a specific purpose
同义词：line up, get hold, come up

8. make a discovery, make a new finding
同义词：discover

9. make a discovery
同义词：discover

10. obtain through effort or management

11. decide on and make a declaration about
同义词：rule

12. receive a specified treatment (abstract)
同义词：receive, get, obtain, incur

13. perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place

14. get or find back; recover the use of
同义词：recover, retrieve, regain

15. succeed in reaching; arrive at

16. accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation
同义词：find oneself

前者是发现世界上原来存在的事物，而invent是发现世界上原来不存在的事物，find 注重结果，是指找到，而look是注重动作