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Navigation vs Explorer - What's the difference?

navigation | explorer |

As nouns the difference between navigation and explorer

is that navigation is navigation (theory and practice of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or spaceship) while explorer is one who explores something.

navigation

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (uncountable) The theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a ship, aircraft or a spaceship
  • (uncountable) Traffic or travel by vessel, especially commercial shipping
  • (countable) A canal
  • 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.

    See also

    * ranger * scout ----