Explorer vs. Scout — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Explorer and Scout
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Explorer
A person who explores a new or unfamiliar area
A polar explorer
Scout
To spy on or explore carefully in order to obtain information; reconnoiter.
Explorer
One that explores, especially one that explores a geographic area.
Scout
To observe and evaluate (a talented person), as for possible hiring.
Explorer
An implement or a tool used for exploring; a probe.
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Scout
To search as a scout
Scout around for some gossip.
Explorer
One who explores something
Scout
To search for talented people
Scouts for a professional basketball team.
Explorer
A person who by means of travel (notably an expedition) searches out new information.
Scout
To reject with disdain or derision.
Explorer
Any of various hand tools, with sharp points, used in dentistry.
Scout
One that is dispatched from a main body to gather information, especially in preparation for military action.
Explorer
A visual representation of a file system etc. through which the user can navigate.
Scout
The act of reconnoitering.
Explorer
One who explores; also, an apparatus with which one explores, as a diving bell.
Scout
A watcher or sentinel.
Explorer
Someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose)
Scout
One who is employed to discover and recruit talented persons, especially in the fields of sports and entertainment.
Scout
(Sports) One who is employed to observe and report on the strategies and players of rival teams.
Scout
A member of the Boy Scouts.
Scout
A member of the Girl Scouts.
Scout
(Informal) An individual; a person
A good scout.
Scout
Chiefly British A student's male servant at Oxford University.
Scout
A person sent out to gain and bring in tidings; especially, one employed in war to gain information about the enemy and ground.
Scout
An act of scouting or reconnoitering.
Scout
A member of any number of youth organizations belonging to the international scout movement, such as the Boy Scouts of America or Girl Scouts of the United States.
Scout
A person who assesses and/or recruits others; especially, one who identifies promising talent on behalf of a sports team.
Scout
A person employed to monitor rivals' activities in the petroleum industry.
Scout
A housekeeper or domestic cleaner, generally female, employed by one of the constituent colleges of Oxford University to clean rooms; generally equivalent to a modern bedder at Cambridge University.
Scout
A domestic servant, generally male, who would attend (usually several) students in a variety of ways, including cleaning; generally equivalent to a gyp at Cambridge University or a skip at Trinity College, Dublin.
Scout
A fielder in a game for practice.
Scout
A fighter aircraft.
Scout
(radiography) A preliminary image that allows the technician to make adjustments before the actual diagnostic images.
Scout
(informal) Term of address for a man or boy.
Scout
(dated) A swift sailing boat.
Scout
The guillemot.
Scout
To explore a wide terrain, as if on a search; to reconnoiter.
Scout
(transitive) To observe, watch, or look for, as a scout; to follow for the purpose of observation, as a scout.
Scout
(transitive) To reject with contempt.
To scout an idea or an apology
Scout
(intransitive) To scoff.
Scout
A swift sailing boat.
So we took a scout, very much pleased with the manner and conversation of the passengers.
Scout
A projecting rock.
Scout
A person sent out to gain and bring in tidings; especially, one employed in war to gain information of the movements and condition of an enemy.
Scouts each coast light-armèd scour,Each quarter, to descry the distant foe.
Scout
A college student's or undergraduate's servant; - so called in Oxford, England; at Cambridge called a gyp; and at Dublin, a skip.
Scout
A fielder in a game for practice.
Scout
The act of scouting or reconnoitering.
While the rat is on the scout.
Scout
A boy scout or girl scout (which see, above).
Scout
To reject with contempt, as something absurd; to treat with ridicule; to flout; as, to scout an idea or an apology.
Scout
To observe, watch, or look for, as a scout; to follow for the purpose of observation, as a scout.
Take more men,And scout him round.
Scout
To pass over or through, as a scout; to reconnoiter; as, to scout a country.
Scout
To go on the business of scouting, or watching the motions of an enemy; to act as a scout.
With obscure wingScout far and wide into the realm of night.
Scout
A person employed to watch for something to happen
Scout
Someone employed to discover and recruit talented persons (especially in the worlds of entertainment or sports)
Scout
Someone who can find paths through unexplored territory
Scout
Explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody
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