Colonial vs Pioneer - What's the difference?
colonial | pioneer |
Of or pertaining to a colony.
Of or pertaining to a period when a country or territory was a colony.
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, title= (US) Of or relating to the original Thirteen Colonies of the USA.
(US) Of or relating to the style of architecture prevalent at about the time of the Revolution.
A person from a country that is or was controlled by another.
(US) A house that is built in a style reminiscent of the period of the colonization of New England.
One who goes before, as into the wilderness, preparing the way for others to follow.
A person or other entity who is first or among the earliest in any field of inquiry, enterprise, or progress.
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(obsolete, military) A soldier detailed or employed to form roads, dig trenches, and make bridges, as an army advances; a sapper.
A member of any of several European organizations advocating abstinence from alcohol.
(Communism) A child of 10–16 years in the former Soviet Union, in the second of the three stages in becoming a member of the Communist Party.
As nouns the difference between colonial and pioneer
is that colonial is a person from a country that is or was controlled by another while pioneer is one who goes before, as into the wilderness, preparing the way for others to follow.As an adjective colonial
is of or pertaining to a colony.As a verb pioneer is
to go before and prepare or open a way for; to act as pioneer.colonial
English
Adjective
(en adjective)The new masters and commanders, passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.}}
Noun
(en noun)pioneer
English
(Webster 1913)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=As towns continue to grow, replanting vegetation has become a form of urban utopia and green roofs are spreading fast. Last year 1m square metres of plant-covered roofing was built in France, as much as in the US, and 10 times more than in Germany, the pioneer in this field.}}
- Some people will consider their national heroes to be pioneers of civilization.
- Certain politicians can be considered as pioneers of reform.