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Expedite vs Explore - What's the difference?

expedite | explore |

As verbs the difference between expedite and explore

is that expedite is to accelerate the progress of while explore is .

As an adjective expedite

is free of impediment; unimpeded.

expedite

English

Verb

(expedit)
  • To accelerate the progress of.
  • He expedited the search by alphabetizing the papers.
  • To perform (a task) fast and efficiently.
  • Antonyms

    * impede * slow down

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Free of impediment; unimpeded.
  • * Hooker
  • to make the way plain and expedite
  • Expeditious; quick; prompt.
  • * Tillotson
  • nimble and expedite in its operation
  • * John Locke
  • Speech is a very short and expedite way of conveying their thoughts.
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    explore

    English

    Verb

    (explor)
  • (obsolete) To seek for something or after someone.
  • To examine or investigate something systematically.
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  • To travel somewhere in search of discovery.
  • (medicine) To examine diagnostically.
  • To (seek) experience first hand.
  • To be engaged exploring in any of the above senses.
  • To wander without any particular aim or purpose.
  • *
  • They stayed together during three dances, went out on to the terrace, explored' wherever they were permitted to ' explore , paid two visits to the buffet, and enjoyed themselves much in the same way as if they had been school-children surreptitiously breaking loose from an assembly of grown-ups.

    Synonyms

    * (examine or investigate systematically) delve into, research

    Derived terms

    * explorer