groundbreaker vs pioneer what difference
what is difference between groundbreaker and pioneer
English
Etymology
From ground + breaker.
Noun
groundbreaker (plural groundbreakers)
- First person to do, make or fight for something. A pioneer; a seminal person.
English
Etymology
From Middle French pionnier (“originally, a foot soldier”), Old French peonier, from peon (“a foot soldier”) (modern French: pion). See pawn in chess.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌpaɪəˈnɪəɹ/
- Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
Noun
pioneer (plural pioneers)
- One who goes before, as into the wilderness, preparing the way for others to follow.
- A person or other entity who is first or among the earliest in any field of inquiry, enterprise, or progress.
- Some people will consider their national heroes to be pioneers of civilization.
- Certain politicians can be considered as pioneers of reform.
- (obsolete, military) A soldier detailed or employed to form roads, dig trenches, and make bridges, as an army advances; a sapper.
- A member of any of several European organizations advocating abstinence from alcohol.
- (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.
Derived terms
- pioneer axon
- Pioneer Day
Translations
See also
- Pioneer movement on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Verb
pioneer (third-person singular simple present pioneers, present participle pioneering, simple past and past participle pioneered)
- (transitive) To be the first to do or achieve (something), preparing the way for others to follow.
- The young doctor pioneered a new life-saving surgical technique.
Synonyms
- push the envelope
- break new ground
Translations
Anagrams
- pereion, perineo-, peronei
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