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Inquisitive vs Explorer - What's the difference?

inquisitive | explorer |

As an adjective inquisitive

is eager to acquire knowledge.

As a noun explorer is

one who explores something.

inquisitive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Eager to acquire knowledge.
  • * I. Watts
    • A young, inquisitive , and sprightly genius.
  • Too curious; overly interested; nosy.
  • * Broome
    • A wise man is not inquisitive about things impertinent.
  • * Episode 16
    • Everybody gets their own ration of luck, they say. Now you mention it' his face was familiar to me. But, leaving that for the moment, how much did you part with, he queried, if I am not too ' inquisitive ?

    Derived terms

    * inquisitively * inquisitiveness

    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 ----