Pioneer vs. Explorer — What's the Difference?

A series of American space probes launched between 1958 and 1973, two of which provided the first clear pictures of Jupiter and Saturn (1973–9).

A person who explores a new or unfamiliar area

Develop or be the first to use or apply (a new method, area of knowledge, or activity)

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

One who ventures into unknown or unclaimed territory to settle.

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

One who opens up new areas of thought, research, or development

One who explores something

A soldier who performs construction and demolition work in the field to facilitate troop movements.

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

A species that is typically among the first to become established in a bare, open, or disturbed area.

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

Of, relating to, or characteristic of early settlers

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

Leading the way; trailblazing

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

To venture into (an area) or prepare (a way)

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

To settle (a region).

To initiate or participate in the development of

To act as a pioneer

One who goes before, as into the wilderness, preparing the way for others to follow.

A person or other entity who is first or among the earliest in any field of inquiry, enterprise, or progress.

A soldier detailed or employed to form roads, dig trenches, and make bridges, as an army advances; a sapper.

A member of any of several European organizations advocating abstinence from alcohol.

(Communism) A member of a children’s organization operated by the Communist Party, typically in the second of three stages toward becoming an member of the Party itself.

(transitive) To be the first to do or achieve (something), preparing the way for others to follow.

A soldier detailed or employed to form roads, dig trenches, and make bridges, as an army advances.

One who goes before, as into the wilderness, preparing the way for others to follow; as, pioneers of civilization; pioneers of reform.

To go before, and prepare or open a way for; to act as pioneer.

To take part in the early development of; to break ground in; to invent or originate.

Someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art

One the first colonists or settler in a new territory;

Open up an area or prepare a way;

Take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of;

Open up and explore a new area;