differentiation of 交女朋友 vs 找女朋友 For some reason i have these two muddled in my head. Presumably cause they sound similar.

Is it possible to 找了女朋友？
or does it have to be 交了女朋友
can it be 找着了女朋友？

Can someone clear this up for me.

When is it appropriate to use 交 vs 找。

I am assuming 

If a person was looking for a 女朋友 and he found one, both 交了 and 找到 would be appropriate

If a person wasn't looking then is only 交了 appropriate


Is this correct?
As a native speaker, I think in this case 交 and 找 is absolutely the same in this situation. :)

If you find it on dictionary, It may turns out that the verb 找 looks like more active than 交, but I am quite sure that in daily conversion or formal writing they have the same meaning in this phrase.