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Explorer vs Builder - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between explorer and builder

is that explorer is one who explores something while builder is a person who builds or constructs things.

explorer

English

(wikipedia 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.

    Related terms

    * exploration * explorative * exploratory

    See also

    * ranger * scout ----

    builder

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who builds or constructs things.
  • (trade) Master artisan, who receives his instructions from the architect, and employs workers.
  • (rare, bodybuilding) A bodybuilder.
  • * 1991 — Samuel Wilson Fussell, Muscle: Confessions of an Unlikely Bodybuilder , ch 4
    • In the competitions, bodybuilders go through "mandatories"—a set of mandatory poses—in the morning, where the judges compare the body parts of the builders .

    Derived terms

    * bodybuilder * builder's bum * builder's cleavage * builder's tea * homebuilder * mound builder * set-builder notation

    See also

    * *

    Synonyms

    * (a person who builds or constructs things) constructor

    Antonyms

    * (a person who builds or constructs things) destroyer, wrecker

    Anagrams

    * English agent nouns