ambition vs find

ambition

verb
  • To seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet. 

noun
  • Eager or inordinate desire for some object that confers distinction, as preferment, honor, superiority, political power, or fame; desire to distinguish one's self from other people. 

  • An object of an ardent desire. 

  • A personal quality similar to motivation, not necessarily tied to a single goal. 

  • A desire, as in (sense 1), for another person to achieve these things. 

find

verb
  • To gain, as the object of desire or effort. 

  • To decide that, to discover that, to form the opinion that. 

  • To successfully pass to or shoot the ball into. 

  • To discover game. 

  • To discover by study or experiment direct to an object or end. 

  • To encounter or discover something being searched for; to locate. 

  • To arrive at, as a conclusion; to determine as true; to establish. 

  • To determine or judge. 

  • To attain to; to arrive at; to acquire. 

  • To encounter or discover by accident; to happen upon. 

  • Locate on behalf of another 

  • To point out. 

noun
  • The act of finding. 

  • Anything that is found (usually valuable), as objects on an archeological site or a person with talent. 

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