Difference between Ferret Out and Hit On

FERRET OUT vs HIT ON: VERB

To discover, pinpoint; to think up; to realize; to invent.
To flirt with; to approach and speak to (someone), seeking romance, love, sex, etc.

Check up on, Scent out, Dope out, Fall upon, Come across, Uncover, Prediscover, Find oneself, Deprehension, Puzzle out, Happen on, Discover, Deprehend, Weasel out, Ferreter

Social activity, Take hold, Get across, Pick at, Set in motion, Collide with, Firk, Fall upon, Run across, Peck at, Strike home, Blurt out, Find oneself, Come across, Bump into

Check up on, Scent out, Dope out, Fall upon, Come across, Uncover, Prediscover, Find oneself, Deprehension, Puzzle out, Happen on, Discover, Deprehend, Weasel out, Ferreter

Social activity, Take hold, Get across, Pick at, Set in motion, Collide with, Firk, Fall upon, Run across, Peck at, Strike home, Blurt out, Find oneself, Come across, Bump into

Monthly reconciliation of cash accounts, for example, is undertaken to ferret out such conditions.
Police knocked on doors throughout the nation to ferret out drug users and pushers.
The information is not as widely available, so it takes longer to ferret out.
With so much information out there, aspiring software engineers can find it difficult to ferret out the valuable information from the rubbish.
Without hard data, the other way to ferret out discrimination is through whistleblowers.
For instance, internal audits are ordered to ferret out suspected fraudulent activities.
Let's know if you want me to ferret out more details.
Raised Catholic, he could ferret out the guilt in every sentence.
State proposal to help pet buyers ferret out puppy mills.
We have always been strong enough to ferret out, wait out, outsmart, and counterweight the enemy.

Somehow hit on your site Randy, kinda funny.
You might hit on something for your paper.
Did any of the judges hit on her?
A 1962 recording by The Echoes hit on Billboard's Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles survey and was a top 20 hit on Chicago's WLS.
Every hit on the target heals whomever hit the target.
He was hit on his head so strongly that he stumbled forward and then he was severely hit from several sides.
Dangerous Blur makes a hit on you turn into more damage as your next hit deals damage equal to your offhand weapon.
The honor of the first hit was given to the Japanese, who landed a hit on cruiser Salt Lake that killed several men.
Critical Hit on an attack makes a Hit.
If you land a hit on more than one enemy, RE regen on that hit is multiplied by the number of targets you hit.