Explorer vs. Scout — What's the Difference?

A person who explores a new or unfamiliar area

To spy on or explore carefully in order to obtain information; reconnoiter.

One that explores, especially one that explores a geographic area.

To observe and evaluate (a talented person), as for possible hiring.

An implement or a tool used for exploring; a probe.

To search as a scout

One who explores something

To search for talented people

A person who by means of travel (notably an expedition) searches out new information.

To reject with disdain or derision.

Any of various hand tools, with sharp points, used in dentistry.

One that is dispatched from a main body to gather information, especially in preparation for military action.

A visual representation of a file system etc. through which the user can navigate.

The act of reconnoitering.

One who explores; also, an apparatus with which one explores, as a diving bell.

A watcher or sentinel.

Someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose)

One who is employed to discover and recruit talented persons, especially in the fields of sports and entertainment.

(Sports) One who is employed to observe and report on the strategies and players of rival teams.

A member of the Boy Scouts.

A member of the Girl Scouts.

(Informal) An individual; a person

Chiefly British A student's male servant at Oxford University.

A person sent out to gain and bring in tidings; especially, one employed in war to gain information about the enemy and ground.

An act of scouting or reconnoitering.

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.

A person who assesses and/or recruits others; especially, one who identifies promising talent on behalf of a sports team.

A person employed to monitor rivals' activities in the petroleum industry.

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.

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.

A fielder in a game for practice.

A fighter aircraft.

(radiography) A preliminary image that allows the technician to make adjustments before the actual diagnostic images.

(informal) Term of address for a man or boy.

(dated) A swift sailing boat.

The guillemot.

To explore a wide terrain, as if on a search; to reconnoiter.

(transitive) To observe, watch, or look for, as a scout; to follow for the purpose of observation, as a scout.

(transitive) To reject with contempt.

(intransitive) To scoff.

A swift sailing boat.

A projecting rock.

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.

A college student's or undergraduate's servant; - so called in Oxford, England; at Cambridge called a gyp; and at Dublin, a skip.

A fielder in a game for practice.

The act of scouting or reconnoitering.

A boy scout or girl scout (which see, above).

To reject with contempt, as something absurd; to treat with ridicule; to flout; as, to scout an idea or an apology.

To observe, watch, or look for, as a scout; to follow for the purpose of observation, as a scout.

To pass over or through, as a scout; to reconnoiter; as, to scout a country.

To go on the business of scouting, or watching the motions of an enemy; to act as a scout.

A person employed to watch for something to happen

Someone employed to discover and recruit talented persons (especially in the worlds of entertainment or sports)

Someone who can find paths through unexplored territory

Explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody