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Reconnaissance vs Exploration - What's the difference?

reconnaissance | exploration |

As nouns the difference between reconnaissance and exploration

is that reconnaissance is the act of scouting or exploring (especially military or medical) to gain information while exploration is the act of exploring.

reconnaissance

Alternative forms

* recce (abbreviation) * recon (abbreviation)

Noun

  • The act of scouting or exploring (especially military or medical) to gain information.
  • * 1973 , Arthur C. Clarke, Rendezvous with Rama
  • The third member, Sergeant Pieter Rousseau, had been with the back-up teams at the Hub; he was an expert on space reconnaissance instrumentation, but on this trip he would have to depend on his own eyes and a small portable telescope.

    exploration

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia exploration) (en noun)
  • The act of exploring
  • Notably penetrating]], or [[range, ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery
  • ''The exploration of 'unknown' areas often was the precursor to colonization.
  • A physical examination.