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Introduction vs Discovery - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between introduction and discovery

is that introduction is the act or process of introducing while discovery is something discovered.

introduction

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act or process of introducing.
  • A means, such as a personal letter, of presenting one person to another.
  • An initial section of a book or article, which introduces the subject material.
  • Derived terms

    * introduction agency ----

    discovery

    English

    Noun

  • Something discovered.
  • This latest discovery should eventually lead to much better treatments for disease.
  • (uncountable) The discovering of new things.
  • The purpose of the voyage was discovery .
    automatic discovery of RSS feeds by a Web browser
  • (legal, uncountable) A pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered.
  • The prosecution moved to suppress certain items turned up during discovery .
  • (legal, uncountable) Materials revealed to the opposing party during the pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered.
  • The defense argued that the plaintiff's discovery was inadequate.