Develop vs Pioneer - What's the difference?
develop | pioneer |
To change with a specific direction, progress.
(ambitransitive) To progress through a sequence of stages.
* Owen
To advance; to further; to promote the growth of.
* Jowett (Thucyd)
To create.
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To acquire something usually over a period of time.
(chess) To place one's pieces actively.
(snooker, pool) To cause a ball to become more open and available to be played on later. Usually by moving it away from the cushion, or by opening a pack.
(math) To change the form of (an algebraic expression, etc.) by executing certain indicated operations without changing the value.
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 verbs the difference between develop and pioneer
is that develop is to change with a specific direction, progress while pioneer is to go before and prepare or open a way for; to act as pioneer.As a noun pioneer is
one who goes before, as into the wilderness, preparing the way for others to follow.develop
English
(Development)Alternative forms
* develope (obsolete)Verb
- All insects acquire the jointed legs before the wings are fully developed .
- We must develop our own resources to the utmost.
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Usage notes
* Objects: plan, software, program, product, story, idea.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.