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Drill vs. Exercise

Difference Between Drill and Exercise

Drill

A drill or drilling machine is a tool primarily used for making round holes or driving fasteners. It is fitted with a bit, either a drill or driver, depending on application, secured by a chuck.
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Exercise

Exercise is any bodily activity that enhances or maintains physical fitness and overall health and wellness.It is performed for various reasons, to aid growth and improve strength, prevent aging, develop muscles and the cardiovascular system, hone athletic skills, weight loss or maintenance, improve health, or simply for enjoyment. Many individuals choose to exercise outdoors where they can congregate in groups, socialize, and enhance well-being.In terms of health benefits, the amount of recommended exercise depends upon the goal, the type of exercise, and the age of the person.
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Drill

a tool or machine with a rotating cutting tip or reciprocating hammer or chisel, used for making holes.
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Exercise

activity requiring physical effort, carried out to sustain or improve health and fitness
loosening-up exercises
exercise improves your heart and lung power
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Drill

instruction or training in military exercises
parade-ground drill
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Exercise

an activity carried out for a specific purpose
an exercise in public relations
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Drill

a predatory mollusc that bores into the shells of other molluscs in order to feed on the soft tissue.
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Exercise

the use or application of a faculty, right, or process
the exercise of authority
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Drill

a machine which makes small furrows, sows seed in them, and then covers the seed with earth.
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Exercise

use or apply (a faculty, right, or process)
control is exercised by the Board
anyone receiving a suspect package should exercise extreme caution
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Drill

a dark brown baboon with a short tail and a naked blue or purple rump, found in the rainforests of West Africa.
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Exercise

engage in physical activity to sustain or improve health and fitness
she still exercised every day
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Drill

a coarse twilled cotton or linen fabric
top quality cotton drill with reinforced seams
sturdy clothes in drill, denim and linen
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Exercise

occupy the thoughts of; worry or perplex
Macdougall was greatly exercised about the exchange rate
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Drill

produce (a hole) in something by or as if by boring with a drill
drill holes through the tiles for the masonry pins
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Exercise

Activity that requires physical or mental exertion, especially when performed to develop or maintain fitness
walks every day for exercise.
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Drill

subject (someone) to military training exercises
a sergeant was drilling new recruits
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Exercise

A specific activity performed to develop or maintain fitness or a skill
sit-ups and other exercises.
a piano exercise.
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Drill

sow (seed) with a drill
crops drilled in autumn
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Exercise

The active use or application of something
the exercise of good judgment.
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Drill

An implement with cutting edges or a pointed end for boring holes in hard materials, usually by a rotating abrasion or repeated blows; a bit.
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Exercise

The discharge of a duty, function, or office.
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Drill

The hand-operated or hand-powered holder for this implement.
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Exercise

An activity having a specified aspect
an undertaking that was an exercise in futility.
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Drill

A loud, harsh noise made by or as if by a powered tool of this kind.
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Exercise

A military maneuver or training activity.
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Drill

Disciplined, repetitious exercise as a means of teaching and perfecting a skill or procedure.
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Exercise

exercises A ceremony that includes speeches, presentations, and other activities
graduation exercises.
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Drill

A task or exercise for teaching a skill or procedure by repetition
conducted an air-raid drill.
a drill for learning the multiplication tables.
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Exercise

To subject to practice or exertion in order to train, strengthen, or develop
exercise the back muscles.
exercise the memory.
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Drill

The training of soldiers in marching and the manual of arms.
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Exercise

To put through exercises
exercise a platoon.
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Drill

Any of various marine gastropod mollusks, chiefly of the genus Urosalpinx, that bore holes into the shells of bivalve mollusks. U. cinera is destructive to oysters.
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Exercise

To make active use of; employ, apply, or exert
exercise restraint.
exercise control.
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Drill

A shallow trench or furrow in which seeds are planted.
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Exercise

To discharge (duties, for example).
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Drill

A row of planted seeds.
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Exercise

To carry out the functions of
exercise the role of disciplinarian.
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Drill

A machine or implement for planting seeds in holes or furrows.
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Exercise

To execute the terms of (a stock option, for example).
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Drill

Durable cotton or linen twill of varying weights, generally used for work clothes.
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Exercise

To alarm, worry, or anger; upset
an injustice that exercised the whole community.
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Drill

A large monkey (Mandrillus leucophaeus) of west-central African forests, having an olive brown body and a brightly colored face and resembling the mandrill.
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Exercise

To engage in exercise.
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Drill

To make a hole in (a hard material) with a drill
a bit for drilling masonry.
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Exercise

(countable) Any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability.
The teacher told us that the next exercise is to write an essay.
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Drill

To make (a hole) with or as if with a drill
drills holes in trees with its chisellike bill.
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Exercise

Activity intended to improve physical, or sometimes mental, strength and fitness.
Swimming is good exercise.
I like to do my exercises every morning before breakfast.
I do crosswords for mental exercise.
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Drill

To strike or hit sharply
The batter drilled a single through the infield.
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Exercise

A setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use.
The law guarantees us the free exercise of our rights.
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Drill

To instruct thoroughly by repetition in a skill or procedure
drill pupils in grammar.
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Exercise

The performance of an office, ceremony, or duty.
I assisted the ailing vicar in the exercise of his parish duties.
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Drill

To infuse knowledge of or skill in by repetitious instruction
drilled the correct spellings into the students' heads.
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Exercise

(obsolete) That which gives practice; a trial; a test.
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Drill

To train (soldiers) in marching and the manual of arms.
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Exercise

To exert for the sake of training or improvement; to practice in order to develop.
to exercise troops or horses;
to exercise one's brain with a puzzle
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Drill

To make a hole with or as if with a drill.
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Exercise

(intransitive) To perform physical activity for health or training.
I exercise at the gym every day.
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Drill

To perform a training exercise.
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Exercise

(transitive) To use (a right, an option, etc.); to put into practice.
The tenant exercised his option to renew the tenancy.
She is going to exercise her right to vote.
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Drill

To sow (seeds) in rows.
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Exercise

To occupy the attention and effort of; to task; to tax, especially in a painful or vexatious manner; harass; to vex; to worry or make anxious.
exercised with pain
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Drill

To plant (a field) in drills.
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Exercise

(obsolete) To set in action; to cause to act, move, or make exertion; to give employment to.
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Drill

(transitive) To create (a hole) by removing material with a drill tool.
Drill a small hole to start the screw in the right direction.
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Exercise

The act of exercising; a setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use; habitual activity; occupation, in general; practice.
exercise of the important function confided by the constitution to the legislature.
O we will walk this world,Yoked in all exercise of noble end.
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Drill

(intransitive) To practice, especially in (or as in) a military context.
They drilled daily to learn the routine exactly.
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Exercise

Exertion for the sake of training or improvement whether physical, intellectual, or moral; practice to acquire skill, knowledge, virtue, perfectness, grace, etc.
An exercise of the eyes and memory.
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Drill

(ergative) To cause to drill practice; to train in military arts.
The sergeant was up by 6:00 every morning, drilling his troops.
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Exercise

Bodily exertion for the sake of keeping the organs and functions in a healthy state; hygienic activity; as, to take exercise on horseback; to exercise on a treadmill or in a gym.
The wise for cure on exercise depend.
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Drill

(transitive) To repeat an idea frequently in order to encourage someone to remember it.
The instructor drilled into us the importance of reading the instructions.
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Exercise

The performance of an office, a ceremony, or a religious duty.
Lewis refused even those of the church of England . . . the public exercise of their religion.
To draw him from his holy exercise.
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Drill

To investigate or examine something in more detail or at a different level
Drill deeper and you may find the underlying assumptions faulty.
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Exercise

That which is done for the sake of exercising, practicing, training, or promoting skill, health, mental, improvement, moral discipline, etc.; that which is assigned or prescribed for such ends; hence, a disquisition; a lesson; a task; as, military or naval exercises; musical exercises; an exercise in composition; arithmetic exercises.
The clumsy exercises of the European tourney.
He seems to have taken a degree, and performed public exercises in Cambridge, in 1565.
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Drill

(transitive) To hit or kick with a lot of power.
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Exercise

That which gives practice; a trial; a test.
Patience is more oft the exerciseOf saints, the trial of their fortitude.
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Drill

(baseball) To hit someone with a pitch, especially in an intentional context.
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Exercise

To set in action; to cause to act, move, or make exertion; to give employment to; to put in action habitually or constantly; to school or train; to exert repeatedly; to busy.
Herein do I Exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence.
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Drill

To have sexual intercourse with; to penetrate.
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Exercise

To exert for the sake of training or improvement; to practice in order to develop; hence, also, to improve by practice; to discipline, and to use or to for the purpose of training; as, to exercise arms; to exercise one's self in music; to exercise troops.
About him exercised heroic gamesThe unarmed youth.
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Drill

(slang) To shoot; to kill.
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Exercise

To occupy the attention and effort of; to task; to tax, especially in a painful or vexatious manner; harass; to vex; to worry or make anxious; to affect; to discipline; as, exercised with pain.
Where pain of unextinguishable fireMust exercise us without hope of end.
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Drill

(transitive) To sow (seeds) by dribbling them along a furrow or in a row.
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Exercise

To put in practice; to carry out in action; to perform the duties of; to use; to employ; to practice; as, to exercise authority; to exercise an office.
I am the Lord which exercise loving-kindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth.
The people of the land have used oppression and exercised robbery.
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Drill

(transitive) To cause to flow in drills or rills or by trickling; to drain by trickling.
waters drilled through a sandy stratum
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Exercise

To exercise one's self, as under military training; to drill; to take exercise; to use action or exertion; to practice gymnastics; as, to exercise for health or amusement.
I wear my trusty sword,When I do exercise.
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Drill

To protract, lengthen out; fritter away, spend (time) aimlessly.
Quit purposely drilling out the time hoping that someone else will do your chores.
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Exercise

the activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit;
the doctor recommended regular exercise
he did some exercising
the physical exertion required by his work kept him fit
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Drill

To entice or allure; to decoy; with on.
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Exercise

the act of using;
he warned against the use of narcotic drugs
skilled in the utilization of computers
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Drill

To cause to slip or waste away by degrees.
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Exercise

systematic training by multiple repetitions;
practice makes perfect
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Drill

A tool used to remove material so as to create a hole, typically by plunging a rotating cutting bit into a stationary workpiece.
Wear safety glasses when operating an electric drill.
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Exercise

a task performed or problem solved in order to develop skill or understanding;
you must work the examples at the end of each chapter in the textbook
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Drill

The portion of a drilling tool that drives the bit.
Use a drill with a wire brush to remove any rust or buildup.
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Exercise

(usually plural) a ceremony that involves processions and speeches;
academic exercises
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Drill

An activity done as an exercise or practice (especially a military exercise), particularly in preparation for some possible future event or occurrence.
Regular fire drills can ensure that everyone knows how to exit safely in an emergency.
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Exercise

put to use;
exert one's power or influence
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Drill

A short and highly repeatable sports training exercise designed to hone a particular skill that may be useful in competition.
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Exercise

carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions;
practice law
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Drill

Any of several molluscs, of the genus Urosalpinx, especially the oyster drill (Urosalpinx cinerea), that drill holes in the shells of other animals.
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Exercise

give a work-out to;
Some parents exercise their infants
My personal trainer works me hard
work one's muscles
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Drill

A style of trap music with gritty, violent lyrics, originating on the South Side of Chicago.
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Exercise

do physical exercise;
She works out in the gym every day
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Drill

An agricultural implement for making holes for sowing seed, and sometimes so formed as to contain seeds and drop them into the hole made.
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Exercise

learn by repetition;
We drilled French verbs every day
Pianists practice scales
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Drill

A light furrow or channel made to put seed into, when sowing.
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Drill

A row of seed sown in a furrow.
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Drill

(obsolete) A small trickling stream; a rill.
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Drill

An Old World monkey of West Africa, Mandrillus leucophaeus, similar in appearance to the mandrill, but lacking the colorful face.
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Drill

A strong, durable cotton fabric with a strong bias (diagonal) in the weave.
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Drill

To pierce or bore with a drill, or a with a drill; to perforate; as, to drill a hole into a rock; to drill a piece of metal.
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Drill

To train in the military art; to exercise diligently, as soldiers, in military evolutions and exercises; hence, to instruct thoroughly in the rudiments of any art or branch of knowledge; to discipline.
He [Frederic the Great] drilled his people, as he drilled his grenadiers.
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Drill

To practice an exercise or exercises; to train one's self.
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Drill

To cause to flow in drills or rills or by trickling; to drain by trickling; as, waters drilled through a sandy stratum.
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Drill

To sow, as seeds, by dribbling them along a furrow or in a row, like a trickling rill of water.
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Drill

To entice; to allure from step; to decoy; - with on.
See drilled him on to five-fifty.
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Drill

To cause to slip or waste away by degrees.
This accident hath drilled away the whole summer.
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Drill

To trickle.
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Drill

To sow in drills.
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Drill

An instrument with an edged or pointed end used for making holes in hard substances; strictly, a tool that cuts with its end, by revolving, as in drilling metals, or by a succession of blows, as in drilling stone; also, a drill press.
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Drill

The act or exercise of training soldiers in the military art, as in the manual of arms, in the execution of evolutions, and the like; hence, diligent and strict instruction and exercise in the rudiments and methods of any business; a kind or method of military exercises; as, infantry drill; battalion drill; artillery drill.
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Drill

Any exercise, physical or mental, enforced with regularity and by constant repetition; as, a severe drill in Latin grammar.
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Drill

A marine gastropod, of several species, which kills oysters and other bivalves by drilling holes through the shell. The most destructive kind is Urosalpinx cinerea.
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Drill

A small trickling stream; a rill.
Springs through the pleasant meadows pour their drills.
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Drill

An implement for making holes for sowing seed, and sometimes so formed as to contain seeds and drop them into the hole made.
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Drill

A large African baboon (Cynocephalus leucophæus).
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Drill

Same as Drilling.
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Drill

a tool with a sharp point and cutting edges for making holes in hard materials (usually rotating rapidly or by repeated blows)
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Drill

similar to the mandrill but smaller and less brightly colored
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Drill

systematic training by multiple repetitions;
practice makes perfect
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Drill

(military) the training of soldiers to march (as in ceremonial parades) or to perform the manual of arms
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Drill

make a hole with a pointed power or hand tool;
don't drill here, there's a gas pipe
drill a hole into the wall
drill for oil
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Drill

train in the military, e.g., in the use of weapons
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Drill

learn by repetition;
We drilled French verbs every day
Pianists practice scales
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Drill

teach by repetition
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Drill

undergo military training or do military exercises
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