探すと探る、how to use them
I always confuse in japanese especially 2 different word but have same/almost same meaning. Can someone make some sentence and explain in what condition we can use this different of word
探す and 探る。I think still have a lot of this kind of word that have 2 meaning, does them apply the same condition ?

Question

探すと探る、how to use them
I always confuse in japanese especially 2 different word but have same/almost same meaning. Can someone make some sentence and explain in what condition we can use this different of word 
探す and 探る。I think still have a lot of this kind of word that have 2 meaning, does them apply the same condition ?

Answer

Enclosed are some reference sites: 
(explanations in Japanese)
http://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q1226845547

探す
(wiki-dictionary): http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%8E%A2%E3%81%99
(space alc japan): http://eow.alc.co.jp/search?q=%E6%8E%A2%E3%81%99
(world reference): http://wordreference.com/jaen/%E6%8E%A2%E3%81%99

探る
(wiki-dictionary): http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%8E%A2%E3%82%8B
(space alc japan): http://eow.alc.co.jp/search?q=%E6%8E%A2%E3%82%8B
(world reference): http://wordreference.com/jaen/%E6%8E%A2%E3%82%8B

Based on my understanding, 探す has a meaning of actively searching for something, while 探る has a meaning of investigating something underground (not openly).

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Good day. / 良い 一日を。

Answer

Very roughly speaking,
探すis for when you know what you are looking for. You just don't know where it is.
探るis for when you don't know what you are looking for. You search to see if there is anything you want or not.

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