The difference between Explore and Research
When used as nouns, explore means an exploration, whereas research means diligent inquiry or examination to seek or revise facts, principles, theories, applications, etc.
When used as verbs, explore means to seek for something or after someone, whereas research means to search or examine with continued care.
check bellow for the other definitions of Explore and Research
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Explore as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):
To seek for something or after someone.
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Explore as a verb (transitive):
To examine or investigate something systematically.
Examples:
"The committee has been exploring alternative solutions to the problem at hand."
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Explore as a verb (transitive):
To travel somewhere in search of discovery.
Examples:
"It was around that time that the expedition began exploring the Arctic Circle."
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Explore as a verb (intransitive, medicine):
To examine diagnostically.
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Explore as a verb (transitive):
To (seek) experience first hand.
Examples:
"It is normal for a boy of this age to be exploring his sexuality."
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Explore as a verb (intransitive):
To be engaged exploring in any of the above senses.
Examples:
"He was too busy exploring to notice his son needed his guidance."
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Explore as a verb (intransitive):
To wander without any particular aim or purpose.
Examples:
"The boys explored all around till cold and hunger drove them back to the campfire one by one."
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Explore as a verb (transitive):
To seek sexual variety, to sow one's wild oats.
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Explore as a noun (colloquial):
An exploration; a tour of a place to see what it is like.
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Research as a noun (uncountable):
Diligent inquiry or examination to seek or revise facts, principles, theories, applications, etc.; laborious or continued search after truth.
Examples:
"The research station that houses Wang and his team is outside Lijiang, a city of about 1.2 million people.'' [[File:The research station that houses Wang and his team is outside Lijiang.ogg]]"
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Research as a noun (countable, dated):
A particular instance or piece of research.
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Research as a verb (transitive):
To search or examine with continued care; to seek diligently.
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Research as a verb (intransitive):
To make an extensive investigation into.
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Research as a verb (transitive):
To search again.