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Pioneer vs Scout - What's the difference?

pioneer | scout |

As nouns the difference between pioneer and scout

is that pioneer is one who goes before, as into the wilderness, preparing the way for others to follow while scout is a person sent out to gain and bring in tidings; especially, one employed in war to gain information about the enemy and ground.

As verbs the difference between pioneer and scout

is that pioneer is to go before and prepare or open a way for; to act as pioneer while scout is to explore a wide terrain, as on a search; to reconnoiter.

As a proper noun Scout is

A nickname, used for both genders.

pioneer

English

(Webster 1913)

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who goes before, as into the wilderness, preparing the way for others to follow.
  • A person or other entity who is first or among the earliest in any field of inquiry, enterprise, or progress.
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    Some people will consider their national heroes to be pioneers of civilization.
    Certain politicians can be considered as pioneers of reform.
  • (obsolete, military)   A soldier detailed or employed to form roads, dig trenches, and make bridges, as an army advances; a sapper.
  • A member of any of several European organizations advocating abstinence from alcohol.
  • (Communism)   A child of 10–16 years in the former Soviet Union, in the second of the three stages in becoming a member of the Communist Party.

    • Derived terms

    * pioneer axon * Pioneer Day

    See also

    * (Pioneer movement)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To go before and prepare or open a way for; to act as pioneer.

    • Synonyms

    * push the envelope * break new ground

    scout

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl), from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person sent out to gain and bring in tidings; especially, one employed in war to gain information about the enemy and ground.
  • An act of scouting or reconnoitering.
  • * Cowper
    • while the rat is on the scout
  • A member of any number of youth organizations belonging to the international movement, such as the Boy Scouts of America or Girl Scouts of the United States.
  • A person who assesses and/or recruits others; especially, one who identifies promising talent on behalf of a sports team.
  • (British) A college student's or undergraduate's servant; -- so called in Oxford, England; at Cambridge called a gyp; and at Dublin, a skip.
  • (British, cricket) A fielder in a game for practice.
  • A fighter aircraft.

    • Verb

  • (intransitive) To explore a wide terrain, as on a search; to reconnoiter.
  • To observe, watch, or look for, as a scout; to follow for the purpose of observation, as a scout.
  • * Beaumont and Fletcher
    • Take more men, and scout him round.
    Derived terms
    * scout about * scout around * scout out * scout round * scout up

    Etymology 2

    Of Scandinavian origin: compare Old Norse sk?ti, sk?ta = "taunt"; thus may be related to "shout".

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To reject with contempt.
    • to scout an idea or an apology
  • * 1610 , , act 3 scene 2
    • Flout 'em and scout' 'em; and ' scout 'em and flout 'em: / Thought is free.
  • * Charles Dickens, David Copperfield
    • I don't think I had any definite idea where Dora came from, or in what degree she was related to a higher order of beings; but I am quite sure I should have scouted the notion of her being simply human, like any other young lady, with indignation and contempt.
  • To scoff.
  • * 1851 , (Herman Melville), , ch. 45
    • So ignorant are most landsmen of some of the plainest and most palpable wonders of the world, that without some hints touching the plain facts, historical and otherwise, of the fishery, they might scout at Moby Dick as a monstrous fable, or still worse and more detestable, a hideous and intolerable allegory.

    Etymology 3

    Icelandic skta? a small craft or cutter.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (dated) A swift sailing boat.
  • * Samuel Pepys
    • So we took a scout , very much pleased with the manner and conversation of the passengers.

    Etymology 4

    Icelandic word, meaning "to jut out".

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic) A projecting rock.
    • (Wright)

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