I think they have a same meaning: find or search. Could you help me to show the differences between them ? In the detail cases ?
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(～を)見つける means "to find ~~".
(～を)探す means "to look for ~~".
e.g.
探したけれど、ミーちゃんを見つけることはできませんでした。
We looked for Mii-chan, but we couldn't find her. 🐱
answered Apr 26, 2016 at 10:25
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1@kuchitsu Yes, I think you can. To say like "I found the song that I've been looking for", then you can say 「探していた曲を見つけた。」,「探していた曲が見つかった。」 (or you might just exclaim 「あった！」), etc... (Other examples: 「答えを見つける/が見つかる」「誤り/間違いを見つける」「タバコを吸っているところを先生に見つかる」Σ(ﾟ∀ﾟﾉ)ﾉｷｬｰ）– chocolate ♦Commented Apr 27, 2016 at 4:04