Is there any difference between both expressions?
Nice to meet you.
and
Glad to meet you.
If yes, when or why use each one? Also, there are some variations as
Nice to see you
or
Nice to found you.
This rule apply to this greetings too?
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This is short for it is nice to meet you.
This is short for I am glad to meet you.
Generally, they mean the same thing. When meeting someone (usually, for the first time), it is a positive experience. As such, I am glad has a bit more of a personal touch, I think: you actually refer to a personal emotion of being glad, whereas it is nice is more of a general observation. The difference is subtle, though, and probably most people might not notice it. Compare for instance these two sentences:
They roughly mean the same thing, but the second one is more personal. (And of course, if I like weather that is not usually considered nice, they may mean something different.)
Short for it is nice to see you, you use this when you meet someone you already know; as a rule of thumb, use meet when you meet someone for the first time, use see when you are acquainted with them.
This sentence is grammatical, but it means you enjoy creating someone. If you mean you are happy about finding someone, make sure you use the verb find, not the verb found.
These are both correct uses of find, and express happiness about having encountered someone (at this specific location).
Glad to is followed by an infinitive, so glad to found you would refer to the verb found as we see it in the foundation of a company, the Founding Fathers and the founder of a city. The man who founded a city is not the same as one that found it!