pathfinding

As nouns the difference between pathfinding and development

is that pathfinding is (computing) the plotting by a computer application of the best route between two points while development is (uncountable) the process of developing; growth, directed change.

In biology terms the difference between wayfinding and pathfinding

is that wayfinding is the ability of a person or animal to orientate itself and to navigate; the process used by a person or animal for orienting itself and navigating while pathfinding is the finding of a path to a destination, such as by neuronal axons or developing cells.

As nouns the difference between axon and pathfinding

is that axon is axon while pathfinding is (computing) the plotting by a computer application of the best route between two points.

As nouns the difference between find and pathfinding

is that find is anything that is found (usually valuable), as objects on an archeological site or a person with talent while pathfinding is (computing) the plotting by a computer application of the best route between two points.

As a verb find

is to encounter or discover by accident; to happen upon.