Difference between Ferret Out and Set About

FERRET OUT vs SET ABOUT: VERB

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

Bring about, Set in motion, Bring forward, Embark on, Collide with, Start out, Go about, Set out, Undertake, Commence, Attempt, Approach, Get, Begin, Start

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

Fall upon, Get across, Bring about, Set in motion, Bring forward, Embark on, Collide with, Go about, Set out, Undertake, Commence, Approach, Get, Begin, Start

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.

So he set about offering the service himself.
Formative and summative feedback tools provide opportunities for students to think critically about their work and set about to make improvements.
But Mike, who heard about the idea, set about writing the virtual panto script and came up with a story instead.
And after I asked him what he was talking about, I set about working on it.
After a year in Italy, in 1954 he moved to Roxbury, Connecticut, and set about completing his second novel, "Set This House on Fire.".
About time somebody set about mending the underlying system and holding people to account.
They set up a school for their children and quickly set about the reestablishment of their daily routines.
Set the snowplow up with shoes set about half an inch above the ground.
So Tim set set about building us some new database servers.
They do not set about helping, instead they set about calculating what will best promote their own standing.