Adventure vs. Exploration — What's the Difference?

An adventure is an exciting experience that is typically bold, sometimes risky or undertaking. Adventures may be activities with some potential for physical danger such as traveling, exploring, skydiving, mountain climbing, scuba diving, river rafting or participating in extreme sports.

Exploration is the act of searching for the purpose of discovery of information or resources. Exploration occurs in all non-sessile animal species, including humans.

An unusual and exciting or daring experience

The act or an instance of exploring

Engage in daring or risky activity

The process of exploring.

An undertaking or enterprise of a hazardous nature.

The process of penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery.

An undertaking of a questionable nature, especially one involving intervention in another state's affairs.

The (pre-)mining process of finding and determining commercially viable ore deposits (after prospecting), also called mineral exploration.

An unusual or exciting experience

(medicine) A physical examination of a patient.

Participation in hazardous or exciting experiences

The act of exploring, penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of discovery, especially of geographical discovery; examination; as, the exploration of unknown countries

A financial speculation or business venture.

To travel for the purpose of discovery

To venture upon; undertake or try

A careful systematic search

To expose to danger or risk

A systematic consideration;

To proceed despite risks

To take a risk; dare

The encountering of risks; a bold undertaking, in which dangers are likely to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; a daring feat.

A remarkable occurrence; a striking event.

A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account.

(uncountable) A feeling of desire for new and exciting things.

(video games) A text adventure or an adventure game.

(obsolete) That which happens by chance; hazard; hap.

(obsolete) Chance of danger or loss.

(obsolete) Risk; danger; peril.

To risk or hazard; jeopard; venture.

To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare.

To try the chance; to take the risk.

That which happens without design; chance; hazard; hap; hence, chance of danger or loss.

Risk; danger; peril.

The encountering of risks; hazardous and striking enterprise; a bold undertaking, in which hazards are to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; a daring feat.

A remarkable occurrence; a striking event; a stirring incident; as, the adventures of one's life.

A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account.

To risk, or hazard; jeopard; to venture.

To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare.

To try the chance; to take the risk.

A wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)

Take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome;

Put at risk;