What's the difference between delve and explore?

Delve


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To dig; to open (the ground) as with a spade.
  • (v. t.) To dig into; to penetrate; to trace out; to fathom.
  • (v. i.) To dig or labor with a spade, or as with a spade; to labor as a drudge.
  • (v. t.) A place dug; a pit; a ditch; a den; a cave.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) You don’t have to delve too hard into the oeuvre to see that they’ll take pictures of anything if it’s got the Chanel logo on it.
  • (2) The present article delves into the relatively unexplored areas of dispersion phenomena, and attempts to develop a theoretical model for general application.
  • (3) The health secretary has not done anything quite so crude as compare the mortality of the sick with the well, but the more experts delve into his numbers, the shakier they look.
  • (4) For his part, Brown created Project PM , "a crowd-sourced wiki focused on government intelligence contractors" to delve through the tens of thousands of emails taken from HBGary Federal's servers.
  • (5) "The fact that they've obviously delved into commercial property and had so many commercial liabilities surprises me.
  • (6) One former Clifton College student, Stuart Delves, compared the relationship between students and some of the English teachers at the school in the late 60s and early 70s to the film Dead Poets Society.
  • (7) Earlier this week, Izvestia reported that Yaroshenko had written to Trump, complaining of poor health and saying that Trump’s intervention in the case would offer his “last chance to return to Russia as a sane person.” If the two leaders do delve into more geopolitical questions, Putin will probably try to focus on issues on which Washington lawmakers could more conceivably cooperate.
  • (8) He didn't mind telling you, for instance, that his wife's family had been interned in camps in the country to which they were now returning; if he saw someone handing out flyers in the street, he would delve deeply into their purposes; he was not shy of doorstepping ancient members of the KGB.
  • (9) The Arsenal manager had said that he might have to delve for the tome to reacquaint himself with the meaning of crisis.
  • (10) The UN commission report also delves into the grim human rights situation in Eritrea in exhaustive detail.
  • (11) This topic is the focus of considerable ongoing research, and a wealth of information is available for the clinician who desires to delve more deeply into the subject.
  • (12) To delve into what is really happening, I have compared the profile of Ukip’s support in January last year with last month.
  • (13) One or several independent investigating judges will be appointed in the next few days to delve into the Mediapart recording.
  • (14) The fact markets pared back this bounce soon after the announcement may in some respects reflect growing market concern that central banks are delving into a tit-for-tat currency devaluation war,” said Angus Nicholson at the online trading firm IG in Melbourne.
  • (15) Delving deeper, however, the story may just have become a little more complicated.
  • (16) "Relations between Russia and Belarus seem to be delving to new lows and the expectation is that Russia will further ratchet up pressure on its neighbour via the trade channel," said Timothy Ash, an analyst at Standard Bank in London.
  • (17) We will be delving into [the report], we will be reviewing that to see what is in there is accurate, which is inaccurate, which is a misstatement, which are examples that may be factual, may not be factual.” “Other parts of the country have shown outrage at this type of behavior by police,” said Mara Brown of Cleveland, an emergency medical technician, “but Cleveland has a history of using many types of devices – from the business leaders ignoring things to control of the media to political leaders favoring the status quo – to keep things quiet.” At the grocery store in Cleveland’s Glenville neighborhood where Jones was killed hardly anyone was around on Monday afternoon.
  • (18) He has a nice down-to-earth wit," says Le Voi) to Jane Grigson's Vegetable Book, via modern contributions from not least Ottolenghi, there is quite a vegetarian canon that you can delve into.
  • (19) Next City delves into the issue , suggesting that as a reminder of death, cemeteries are easy for cities to ignore.
  • (20) "The process has been gruelling and emotional at times, and the social workers have delved deep into our pasts.

Explore


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To seek for or after; to strive to attain by search; to look wisely and carefully for.
  • (v. t.) To search through or into; to penetrate or range over for discovery; to examine thoroughly; as, to explore new countries or seas; to explore the depths of science.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) But earlier this year the Unesco world heritage committee called for the cancellation of all such Virunga oil permits and appealed to two concession holders, Total and Soco International, not to undertake exploration in world heritage sites.
  • (2) To explore an early step, we synthesized 5 beta-cholest-7-ene-3 beta,6 alpha,14 alpha-triol in tritiated form.
  • (3) A review is presented concerning the development of new neuroimaging techniques in the last decade which have improved the diagnostic exploration of patients with spinal cord injuries, including studies of possible sequelae.
  • (4) Tottenham Hotspur’s £400m redevelopment of White Hart Lane could include a retractable grass pitch as the club explores the possibility of hosting a new NFL franchise.
  • (5) United believe it is more likely the right-back can be bought in the summer but are exploring what would represent the considerable coup of acquiring the 26-year-old immediately.
  • (6) Further exploration of these excretory pathways will provide interesting new insights on the numerous cholestatic and hyperbilirubinemic syndromes that occur in nature.
  • (7) The relationship of weight history with current fat distribution was also explored.
  • (8) In a new venture, BDJ Study Tours will offer a separate itinerary for partners on the Study Safari so whilst the business of dentistry gets under way they can explore additional sights in this fascinating country.
  • (9) Recognition of this deficiency in our knowledge spurred a belated explosion of research that began with an exploration of the fine structure of the mesothelium.
  • (10) In our efforts to explore alternative treatment regimens for multidrug-resistant tumors we have examined the sensitivity of MDR tumor cell lines to lymphokine activated killer (LAK) cells.
  • (11) Dacryography is the only means of exploring the permeability of the lacrymal ducts and to conclude as the whether watering of the eyes is organic or functional.
  • (12) Intraperitoneal drain should therefore be used when choledochus has been explored.
  • (13) Individual play techniques are explored, and two case histories are given as examples of how the occupational therapist works with the child, the family, and other practitioners.
  • (14) The present study explored the possibility that SOD-mimics such as desferrioxamine-Mn(III) chelate [DF-Mn] or cyclic nitroxide stable free radicals could protect from O2-.-independent damage.
  • (15) The remaining 16 patients were explored for persistent symptoms, an abnormality on GI series, or a mass lesion on CT scan.
  • (16) The current study explored the temporal course of the perception of vowel duration.
  • (17) All 15 patients survived, and exploration of the cannulation site for bleeding was required in three patients.
  • (18) Forty five elderly patients undergoing total hip replacements were assessed one day before and two days after surgery in order to explore the relationship between pre-operative anxiety and post-operative delirium.
  • (19) The aim of the present study was to explore the possible role of heat shock proteins in the manifestation of this heat resistance.
  • (20) In the present study, the role of antiperipheral nerve myelin antibody (anti-PNM Ab) in demyelination by generating the terminal attack complex (C5b-9) of complement was explored in patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) and other demyelinating neuropathies.