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Navigator vs Discoverer - What's the difference?

navigator | discoverer |

As nouns the difference between navigator and discoverer

is that navigator is a person who navigates, especially an officer with that responsibility on a ship or an aircrew member with that responsibility on an aircraft while discoverer is one who discovers; the person who discovered something.

navigator

Noun

(en noun)
  • a person who navigates, especially an officer with that responsibility on a ship or an aircrew member with that responsibility on an aircraft
  • a sea explorer
  • a device that navigates an aircraft, automobile or missile
  • (obsolete): a labourer on an engineering project such as a canal; a navvy
  • Derived terms

    * inertial navigator * navigatrix

    discoverer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who discovers; the person who discovered something.
  • Usage notes

    * The word is at least an order of magnitude less common than discovery.