Deadlift vs. Squat — What's the Difference?

The deadlift is a weight training exercise in which a loaded barbell or bar is lifted off the ground to the level of the hips, torso perpendicular to the floor, before being placed back on the ground. It is one of the three powerlifting exercises, along with the squat and bench press.

To sit in a crouching position with knees bent and the buttocks on or near the heels.

(weightlifting) A weight training exercise where one lifts a loaded barbell off the ground from a stabilized bent-over position.

To crouch down, as an animal does.

Any lift performed without help or leverage.

To settle on unoccupied land without legal claim.

An effort made under discouraging conditions.

To occupy a given piece of public land in order to acquire title to it.

(transitive) To lift a barbell while moving the body from a bent-over position to a standing position.

To put (oneself) into a crouching posture.

To occupy as a squatter.

(Sports) To lift (an amount of weight) when doing a squat.

Short and thick; low and broad.

Crouched in a squatting position.

The act of squatting.

A squatting or crouching posture.

(Sports) A lift or a weightlifting exercise in which one squats and stands while holding a weighted barbell supported by the back of the shoulders.

Chiefly British The place occupied by a squatter.

The lair of an animal such as a hare.

(Slang) A small or worthless amount; diddly-squat.

Relatively short or low, and thick or broad.

Sitting on one's heels; sitting close to the ground; cowering or crouching.

A position assumed by bending deeply at the knees while resting on one's feet.

(exercise) Any of various modes of callisthenic exercises performed by moving the body and bending at least one knee.

(weightlifting) A specific exercise in weightlifting performed by bending deeply at the knees and then rising (back squat), especially with a barbell resting across the shoulders (barbell back squat).

A building occupied without permission, as practiced by a squatter.

A place of concealment in which a hare spends time when inactive, especially during the day; a form.

A toilet used by squatting as opposed to sitting; a squat toilet.

Clipping of diddly-squat; something of no value.

(mining) A small vein of ore.

A mineral consisting of tin ore and spar.

(obsolete) A sudden or crushing fall.

The angel shark (genus Squatina).

To bend deeply at the knees while resting on one's feet.

(exercise) To perform one or more callisthenic exercises by moving the body and bending at least one knee.

(weightlifting) To exercise by bending deeply at the knees and then rising, while bearing weight across the shoulders or upper back.

To occupy or reside in a place without the permission of the owner.

To sit close to the ground; to stoop, or lie close to the ground, for example to escape observation.

(dated) To bruise or flatten by a fall; to squash.

(internet) To cybersquat.

The angel fish (Squatina angelus).

The posture of one that sits on his heels or hams, or close to the ground.

A sudden or crushing fall.

A small vein of ore.

To sit down upon the hams or heels; as, the savages squatted near the fire.

To sit close to the ground; to cower; to stoop, or lie close, to escape observation, as a partridge or rabbit.

To settle on another's land without title; also, to settle on common or public lands.

To bruise or make flat by a fall.

Sitting on the hams or heels; sitting close to the ground; cowering; crouching.

Short and thick, like the figure of an animal squatting.

Exercising by repeatedly assuming a squatting position; strengthens the leg muscles

A small worthless amount;

The act of assuming or maintaining a squatting position

Sit on one's heels;

Be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide;

Occupy (a dwelling) illegally

Short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature;

Having a low center of gravity; built low to the ground