Discovered
Discovered adjective - Discovered or determined by scientific observation.
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Proved and discovered are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Proved" instead a verb "Discovered".
Proved
Proved adjective - Established beyond doubt.
Discovered and proved are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Discovered" instead a verb "Proved".
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- He never discovered the source of the rumor, and quite a few men died slowly before they proved their innocence.
Source: Shoot The Builder - The ploy was discovered in 1974, but by then, both "companies"' arcade games had proved so successful that retailers wanted them, exclusivity or no exclusivity.
Source: Resistance as Planned - He is also baffled that people still insist Columbus was a hero despite his genocidal actions and the fact that he neither discovered the Americas or proved the Earth was round.
Source: Web Video / History Buffs
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