Difference between Found and Recovered

What is the difference between Found and Recovered?

Found as a verb is to encounter or discover by accident; to happen upon. while Recovered as a verb is to get back, to regain (a physical thing; in astronomy and navigation, sight of a thing or a signal).

Found

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To encounter or discover by accident; to happen upon. To begin building. To start some type of organization or company. To melt.

Example sentence: I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way - things I had no words for.

Recovered

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To get back, to regain (a physical thing; in astronomy and navigation, sight of a thing or a signal).

We hope you now know whether to use Found or Recovered in your sentence.

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