Discovery
Part of speech: noun
Definition: Something discovered. The discovering of new things. A pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered. Materials revealed to the opposing party during the pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered.
Example sentence: The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.
Breakthrough
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Characterized by major progress or overcoming some obstacle.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: An advance through and past enemy lines (or vice versa).Any major progress; such as a great innovation or discovery that overcomes a significant obstacle.
Example sentence: Scheduled shipping is one of many inventions that has made New York a global capital of innovation and creativity - from Willis Carrier's invention of air conditioning in Buffalo and George Eastman's breakthrough film technology in Rochester to the rise of hip-hop in the South Bronx and the world's first cell phone call in Midtown Manhattan.