Difference between Trailblazer and Pioneer

Trailblazer

Part of speech: noun

Definition: One that blazes a trail to guide others; a pathfinder. An innovative leader in a field; a pioneer.

Pioneer

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To go before and prepare or open a way for; to act as pioneer.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: One who goes before, as into the wilderness, preparing the way for others to followA soldier detailed or employed to form roads, dig trenches, and make bridges, as an army advances.A member of any of several European organizations advocating abstinence from alcohol.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.

Example sentence: Looking back, we were the luckiest people in the world. There was no choice but to be pioneers; no time to be beginners.