Discover vs. Reconnoitre — What's the Difference?

To notice or learn, especially by making an effort

To perform a reconnaissance (of an area; an enemy position); to scout with the aim of gaining information.

To be the first, or the first of one's group or kind, to find, learn of, or observe.

(obsolete) To recognise.

To learn about for the first time in one's experience

An act or instance of reconnoitring.

To learn something about

Explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody

To identify (a person) as a potentially prominent performer

(Archaic) To reveal or expose.

To find or learn something for the first time.

To remove the cover from; to uncover (a head, building etc.).

To expose, uncover.

To create by moving a piece out of another piece's line of attack.

To question (a person) as part of discovery in a lawsuit.

To reveal (information); to divulge, make known.

To reconnoitre, explore (an area).

(obsolete) To manifest without design; to show; to exhibit.

To uncover.

To disclose; to lay open to view; to make visible; to reveal; to make known; to show (what has been secret, unseen, or unknown).

To obtain for the first time sight or knowledge of, as of a thing existing already, but not perceived or known; to find; to ascertain; to espy; to detect.

To manifest without design; to show.

To explore; to examine.

To discover or show one's self.

Discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of;

Make a discovery, make a new finding;

Get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally;

Make a discovery;

Find unexpectedly;

Make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret;

See for the first time; make a discovery;

Identify as in botany or biology, for example