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Exploratory vs Exploration - What's the difference?

exploratory | exploration |

Exploration is a related term of exploratory.



As nouns the difference between exploratory and exploration

is that exploratory is an exploration or investigation while exploration is the act of exploring.

As an adjective exploratory

is serving to explore or investigate.

exploratory

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Serving to explore or investigate

    • Noun

    (exploratories)
  • An exploration or investigation

    • exploration

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia exploration) (en noun)
  • The act of exploring
  • Notably penetrating]], or [[range, ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery
    • ''The exploration of 'unknown' areas often was the precursor to colonization.
  • A physical examination.

    • Related terms

    * exploratative * exploratory * explorer