What is the difference between find out and figure out?
Figure out means you come to an answer or solution to a problem just by thinking about it.
Find out means you discover an answer a solution or information from somewhere else.
Here's an easy example.
Alex and Maria are taking a math test.
Alex has a calculator he can use the calculator to find out the answer.
But maria doesn't have a calculator, so she must figure out the answer with a pencil and paper.
Here's another example.
Mike and Helen bought a new remote control for their TV, and it has so many buttons.
Helen is reading the instruction guide to find out how to use the remote control,
but mike prefers to figure it out by pressing each button to see what it does.
If I don't know the meaning of a word, I can use a dictionary to find out.
And police detectives look at clues at crime scenes to figure out what happened.
Check out a few more examples!
Have you found out what the problem is?
Yes! Now I just have to figure out how to fix it.
I can't figure out how to use my new phone!
You can find out online if you do a simple internet search!
So where can I find out how to do that?
Can you find out when mark's birthday is?
I know it's soon but I'm not sure when and we want to throw him a birthday party!
Sure, I'll figure out a way to ask him without being too obvious.
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