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Exploring vs Observing - What's the difference?

exploring | observing |

As nouns the difference between exploring and observing

is that exploring is the action of the verb explore while observing is observation.

As verbs the difference between exploring and observing

is that exploring is while observing 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.

    observing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • observation
  • * 2009 , Gilbert Ryle, The Concept of Mind: 60th Anniversary Edition (page 194)
    • Sensations then, are not perceivings, observings or findings; they are not detectings, scannings or inspectings; they are not apprehendings, cognisings, intuitings or knowings.