Discover vs. Explore

Discoververb

To find or learn something for the first time.

Discoververb

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

Discoververb

To expose, uncover.

Discoververb

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

Discoververb

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

Discoververb

To reconnoitre, explore (an area).

Discoververb

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

Discoververb

To uncover.

Discoververb

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

Discoververb

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.

Discoververb

To manifest without design; to show.

Discoververb

To explore; to examine.

Discoververb

To discover or show one's self.

Discoververb

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

Discoververb

make a discovery, make a new finding;

Discoververb

get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally;

Discoververb

make a discovery;

Discoververb

find unexpectedly;

Discoververb

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

Discoververb

see for the first time; make a discovery;

Discoververb

identify as in botany or biology, for example

Exploreverb

To seek for something or after someone.

Exploreverb

(transitive) To examine or investigate something systematically.

Exploreverb

(transitive) To travel somewhere in search of discovery.

Exploreverb

To examine diagnostically.

Exploreverb

(transitive) To (seek) experience first hand.

Exploreverb

(intransitive) To be engaged exploring in any of the above senses.

Exploreverb

(intransitive) To wander without any particular aim or purpose.

Exploreverb

(transitive) To seek sexual variety, to sow one's wild oats.

Explorenoun

(colloquial) An exploration; a tour of a place to see what it is like.

Exploreverb

To seek for or after; to strive to attain by search; to look wisely and carefully for.

Exploreverb

To search through or into; to penetrate or range over for discovery; to examine thoroughly; as, to explore new countries or seas; to explore the depths of science.

Exploreverb

inquire into

Exploreverb

travel to or penetrate into;

Exploreverb

examine minutely

Exploreverb

examine (organs etc.) for diagnostic purposes