different between traveler vs explorer

English

Alternative forms

• traveller (Commonwealth)

Etymology

travel +? -er

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?t?æv.l?.?/

Noun

traveler (plural travelers)

1. US standard spelling of traveller.

   • Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations.

Translations

Anagrams

• retravel

English

Etymology

explore +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?spl????(?)/
• Rhymes: -????(?)

Noun

explorer (plural explorers)

1. One who explores something
2. A person who by means of travel (notably an expedition) searches out new information.
3. Any of various hand tools, with sharp points, used in dentistry.
4. (computing, graphical user interface) A visual representation of a file system etc. through which the user can navigate.

Related terms

• exploration
• explorative
• exploratory

Translations

See also

• ranger
• scout

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin expl?r?re, expl?r?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k.spl?.?e/

Verb

explorer

1. to explore

Conjugation

Derived terms

• explorateur, exploratrice
• exploration
• machine à explorer le temps

Further reading

• “explorer” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Verb

expl?rer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of expl?r?

Middle French

Etymology

Latin expl?r?

Verb

explorer

1. to explore

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.