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Exploring vs Explaining - What's the difference?

exploring | explaining |

As nouns the difference between exploring and explaining

is that exploring is the action of the verb explore while explaining is explanation.

As verbs the difference between exploring and explaining

is that exploring is while explaining is .

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.

    explaining

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • explanation
    • You've got some explaining to do!
  • * 1973 , Abraham Kaplan, The conduct of inquiry (page 327)
    • Among these various explainings there is one set which it is comparatively easy to distinguish. I call it semantic explanation: making clear a meaning.