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Learning vs Exploring - What's the difference?

learning | exploring |

As verbs the difference between learning and exploring

is that learning is while exploring is .

As nouns the difference between learning and exploring

is that learning is (uncountable) an act in which something is learned while exploring is the action of the verb explore.

learning

English

Verb

(head)
    • I'm learning to ride a unicycle.

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (uncountable) An act in which something is learned.
    • Learning to ride a unicycle sounds exciting.
  • (uncountable) Accumulated knowledge.
    • The department head was also a scholar of great learning .
  • (countable) Something that has been learned
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=April 5, author=Stuart Elliott, title=Online Experiment for Print Magazine, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=“We’ll take the learnings and apply them to the rest of our business.” }}

    Usage notes

    Countable sense “thing learned” often used in plural form (m); see for details.

    Derived terms

    * book-learning * higher learning * learning curve * learning disability * learning by doing

    exploring

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The action of the verb explore.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • * 1948 , , North from Mexico: The Spanish-Speaking People of The United States , J. B. Lippincott Company, page 25,
    • While De Anza was exploring the Bay of San Francisco, seeking a site for the presidio, the American colonists on the eastern seaboard, three thousand miles away, were celebrating the signing of the Declaration of Independence.