The difference between Drunkard and Pioneer

When used as nouns, drunkard means a person who is habitually drunk, whereas pioneer means one who goes before, as into the wilderness, preparing the way for others to follow.


Pioneer is also verb with the meaning: to go before and prepare or open a way for.

check bellow for the other definitions of Drunkard and Pioneer

  1. Drunkard as a noun (somewhat, _, derogatory):

    A person who is habitually drunk.

  1. Pioneer as a noun:

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

  2. Pioneer as a noun:

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

    Examples:

    "Some people will consider their national heroes to be pioneers of civilization."

    "Certain politicians can be considered as pioneers of reform."

  3. Pioneer as a noun (obsolete, military):

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

  4. Pioneer as a noun:

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

  5. Pioneer as a noun (Communism):

    A child of 10–16 years in the former Soviet Union, in the second of the three stages in becoming a member of the Communist Party.

  1. Pioneer as a verb:

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

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