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find means obtain, get hold of while search means to look for so there is an overlap in their meaning.

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Basically, 'search' means 'to look for, aiming to find', while 'find' means to succeed in your search. Meanings for both words, in their noun or verb forms, vary.

Definitions for the verb 'search' include: to look for something; to investigate, probe, examine; to check something.

For the noun 'search', meanings include: an attempt to find, to locate, to discover something.

The verb 'find' can mean to discover something, by searching or by chance; to realize (understand) something; to form an opinion through your own knowledge or experience; to recover something that was lost; to reach or arrive at a destination or target; to obtain or aquire something.

The noun 'find' can mean something found, especially something valuable, worthwhile, or interesting.

So you might say, for example:

'We conducted a search on the job applicant's background, not expecting to find any notable results, but were delighted to find our applicant is extremely well thought-of in our field: this person is proving a lucky find!'

'He became tired of trying to find a good agent; his search so far didn't find any agency that suited him. Eventually, he opened the directory and ended his search by closing his eyes and sticking a pin into the page, hoping it would find it's target: the right firm for him.'

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