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Trailblazer vs Forerunner - What's the difference?

trailblazer | forerunner |

As nouns the difference between trailblazer and forerunner

is that trailblazer is one that blazes a trail to guide others; a pathfinder while forerunner is a runner at the front or ahead.

trailblazer

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One that blazes a trail to guide others; a pathfinder.
  • (figuratively) An innovative leader in a field; a pioneer.
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    • forerunner

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a runner at the front or ahead
  • (sport) by extension, a non-competitor who leads out the competitors on to the circuit, or who runs/rides the course prior to competitor trials, usually testing or checking the way.
  • a precursor or harbinger, a warning ahead
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  • a forebear, an ancestor, a predecessor
  • (philately) a postage stamp used in the time before a region or area issues stamps of its own
  • something that introduces a part of the properties offered by some later thing.
    • Bakelite is a forerunner of today's plastics.