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What is the difference between explore and explorer?

explore | explorer | Derived terms |

Explorer is a derived term of explore.



As a verb explore

is to seek for something or after someone.

As a noun explorer is

one who explores something.

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

    explorer

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who explores something
  • A person who by means of travel (notably an expedition) searches out new information.
  • Any of various hand tools, with sharp points, used in dentistry.
  • (computing, graphical user interface) A visual representation of a file system etc. through which the user can navigate.
  • * 2007 , Mark Minasi, John Paul Mueller, Mastering Windows Vista Business: Ultimate, Business, and Enterprise
  • For example, Vista includes a document explorer that shows just the documents in a location without considering all of the other files that might appear there.

    See also

    * ranger * scout ----