Drill vs. Exercise

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.

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.

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

activity requiring physical effort, carried out to sustain or improve health and fitness

instruction or training in military exercises

an activity carried out for a specific purpose

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

the use or application of a faculty, right, or process

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

use or apply (a faculty, right, or process)

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

engage in physical activity to sustain or improve health and fitness

a coarse twilled cotton or linen fabric

occupy the thoughts of; worry or perplex

produce (a hole) in something by or as if by boring with a drill

Activity that requires physical or mental exertion, especially when performed to develop or maintain fitness

subject (someone) to military training exercises

A specific activity performed to develop or maintain fitness or a skill

sow (seed) with a drill

The active use or application of something

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.

The discharge of a duty, function, or office.

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

An activity having a specified aspect

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

A military maneuver or training activity.

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

exercises A ceremony that includes speeches, presentations, and other activities

A task or exercise for teaching a skill or procedure by repetition

To subject to practice or exertion in order to train, strengthen, or develop

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

To put through exercises

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.

To make active use of; employ, apply, or exert

A shallow trench or furrow in which seeds are planted.

To discharge (duties, for example).

A row of planted seeds.

To carry out the functions of

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

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

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

To alarm, worry, or anger; upset

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

To engage in exercise.

To make a hole in (a hard material) with a drill

(countable) Any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability.

To make (a hole) with or as if with a drill

Activity intended to improve physical, or sometimes mental, strength and fitness.

To strike or hit sharply

A setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use.

To instruct thoroughly by repetition in a skill or procedure

The performance of an office, ceremony, or duty.

To infuse knowledge of or skill in by repetitious instruction

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

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

To exert for the sake of training or improvement; to practice in order to develop.

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

(intransitive) To perform physical activity for health or training.

To perform a training exercise.

(transitive) To use (a right, an option, etc.); to put into practice.

To sow (seeds) in rows.

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 plant (a field) in drills.

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

(transitive) To create (a hole) by removing material with a drill tool.

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.

(intransitive) To practice, especially in (or as in) a military context.

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

(ergative) To cause to drill practice; to train in military arts.

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.

(transitive) To repeat an idea frequently in order to encourage someone to remember it.

The performance of an office, a ceremony, or a religious duty.

To investigate or examine something in more detail or at a different level

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.

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

That which gives practice; a trial; a test.

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

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.

To have sexual intercourse with; to penetrate.

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.

(slang) To shoot; to kill.

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.

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

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.

(transitive) To cause to flow in drills or rills or by trickling; to drain by trickling.

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.

To protract, lengthen out; fritter away, spend (time) aimlessly.

the activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit;

To entice or allure; to decoy; with on.

the act of using;

To cause to slip or waste away by degrees.

systematic training by multiple repetitions;

A tool used to remove material so as to create a hole, typically by plunging a rotating cutting bit into a stationary workpiece.

a task performed or problem solved in order to develop skill or understanding;

The portion of a drilling tool that drives the bit.

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

An activity done as an exercise or practice (especially a military exercise), particularly in preparation for some possible future event or occurrence.

put to use;

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

carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions;

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

give a work-out to;

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

do physical exercise;

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

learn by repetition;

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

A row of seed sown in a furrow.

(obsolete) A small trickling stream; a rill.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

To entice; to allure from step; to decoy; - with on.

To cause to slip or waste away by degrees.

To trickle.

To sow in drills.

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.

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.

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

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.

A small trickling stream; a rill.

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

A large African baboon (Cynocephalus leucophæus).

Same as Drilling.

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

similar to the mandrill but smaller and less brightly colored

systematic training by multiple repetitions;

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

make a hole with a pointed power or hand tool;

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

learn by repetition;

teach by repetition

undergo military training or do military exercises