Meaning: He was about to find out what was in the box.
Choice of Words: He was about to find out what was inside the box. "Discovery" means the act of finding something new or previously unknown. "Awaited" means waited for something to happen.
Alternative Expressions
Discovery was waiting for him to touch it.
Meaning: This means that there was something new or unknown that he could learn or find by touching it. It's like saying, There was something new that he could learn by touching it.
Choice of Words:Discovery means finding something new or learning something that wasn't known before. Waiting means staying in place until something happens. Touch means to use your hand to feel something. When you put them together, "Discovery was waiting for him to touch it" means that something new or unknown was there, and it was waiting for him to explore it by touching it.
He could find out something new if he touched it.
Meaning: This means that he had the opportunity to learn or discover something new by touching it. It's like saying, Touching it would give him the chance to learn something new.
Choice of Words:Find out means to learn or discover something. Something means an unknown or unspecified thing. New means something that hasn't been known or seen before. If means that something will happen if a certain condition is met. Touched means to use your hand to feel something. When you put them together, "He could find out something new if he touched it" means that he could learn or discover something new by touching it.
Touching it would reveal something unknown.
Meaning: This means that touching it would allow him to learn or discover something that he didn't know before. It's like saying, By touching it, he would find out something that he didn't know before.
Choice of Words:Touching means to use your hand to feel something. It refers to the object that he could touch. Would is used to talk about something that is likely to happen in the future. Reveal means to show or make something known. Unknown means something that is not known or understood. When you put them together, "Touching it would reveal something unknown" means that touching the object would make something new or unknown become known.