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Hi, Chris!
How about "I'll lead you through...." and "I'll steer you through..."?

Sorry you missed the cycling!
I've only just come in and haven't caught up with any of the Triathlon from Leeds yet.......

...At the flower show, he steered me toward the begonias/ At the flower show he lead me towards the begonias?

Good offer, elle, but I'm not sure that they mean exactly the same thing. Close enough, though!

(I'll lead you through....follow my lead; I'll steer you through ...I'll tell you what to do. Very fine point!)

I'll agree with you in that respect, Chris....
Both are in Anne Bradford though , under "guide"- I have just this minute checked!

If we think in terms of animals being guided rather than people, both lead and steer would imply practical guidance rather than one referring to verbal guidance would it not?

Hi zozozo
I'm nearly convinced.........however you would lead from in front and steer from behind, wouldn't you? (Unless you were steering a steer, I suppose!)

Good point!

But either way, you would guide.......

Lead means Guide and Steer means Guide, so it surely doesn't matter about whether it's from the back or the front?!

I think I've discussed this before - with you elle? - if two words are each synonyms of a third word, are they necessarily synonyms of each other? English is a language with lots of alternative words giving subtle shades of meaning!