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Exploring vs Discovering - What's the difference?

exploring | discovering |

As verbs the difference between exploring and discovering

is that exploring is {{present participle of |explore|lang=en} while discovering is present participle of lang=en.

As a noun exploring

is the action of the verb explore.

exploring

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The action of the verb explore.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • * 1948 , , North from Mexico: The Spanish-Speaking People of The United States , J. B. Lippincott Company, page 25,
    • While De Anza was exploring the Bay of San Francisco, seeking a site for the presidio, the American colonists on the eastern seaboard, three thousand miles away, were celebrating the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

    discovering

    English

    Verb

    (head)