beat about vs explore

beat about and explore both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
beat about	No	No	Yes	No
explore	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, explore is a hypernym of beat about; that is, explore is a word with a broader meaning than beat about:

Other hypernyms of beat about include research, search.

beat about (verb)	explore (verb)
search anxiously	inquire into
	travel to or penetrate into
	inquire into a subject in detail
	examine (organs) for diagnostic purposes