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Explore and discover



epit
Turkey

Explore and discover
 
I couldn �t actually understand the differences between the verb explore and discover.Colombus  discovered central America  .Marco Polo explored China  Ok but I need a few  more  examples.Thanks to all the answer from now .

15 Mar 2011      





chrissmolder
Australia

Hello!  In the examples you give, explore is when someone is looking around in order to learn more about a place--explorers were often hoping to find something such as a new route, gold, etc..  Discover is to find something for the first time (although it can be argued that Columbus didn �t find America for the �first time �).

I just found this forum post:
http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/ask-teacher/75731-explore-vs-discover.html

You can also look here:
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/page/askoxfordredirect?view=uk

15 Mar 2011