Exercise vs. Homework — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Exercise and Homework
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Definitions
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.
Homework➦
Homework, or a homework assignment, is a set of tasks assigned to students by their teachers to be completed outside the classroom. Common homework assignments may include required reading, a writing or typing project, mathematical exercises to be completed, information to be reviewed before a test, or other skills to be practiced.
Exercise➦
Activity requiring physical effort, carried out to sustain or improve health and fitness
Loosening-up exercises
Exercise improves your heart and lung power
Homework➦
Work, such as schoolwork or piecework, that is done at home.
Exercise➦
An activity carried out for a specific purpose
An exercise in public relations
Homework➦
Preparatory or preliminary work
Did their homework before coming to the meeting.
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Exercise➦
The use or application of a faculty, right, or process
The exercise of authority
Homework➦
Exercises assigned by a teacher to a student which review concepts studied in class.
You must do your homework before you can watch television.
Exercise➦
Use or apply (a faculty, right, or process)
Control is exercised by the Board
Anyone receiving a suspect package should exercise extreme caution
Homework➦
(by extension) Something which one is encouraged to learn or study on one's own.
The speaker had certainly done his homework before delivering the lecture.
Exercise➦
Engage in physical activity to sustain or improve health and fitness
She still exercised every day
Homework➦
Any work that is done at home; housework.
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Exercise➦
Occupy the thoughts of; worry or perplex
Macdougall was greatly exercised about the exchange rate
Homework➦
Sexual intercourse.
Exercise➦
Activity that requires physical or mental exertion, especially when performed to develop or maintain fitness
Walks every day for exercise.
Homework➦
Preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home).
Exercise➦
A specific activity performed to develop or maintain fitness or a skill
Sit-ups and other exercises.
A piano exercise.
Homework➦
Studies or other preparatory work done prior to some activity; - usually used of preparations for activities of significance or consequence for the performer; as, the candidate didn't do her homework well and was outclassed in the debate.
Exercise➦
The active use or application of something
The exercise of good judgment.
Homework➦
Paid work done at home, especially piecework.
Exercise➦
The discharge of a duty, function, or office.
Homework➦
Preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home)
Exercise➦
An activity having a specified aspect
An undertaking that was an exercise in futility.
Exercise➦
A military maneuver or training activity.
Exercise➦
Exercises A ceremony that includes speeches, presentations, and other activities
Graduation exercises.
Exercise➦
To subject to practice or exertion in order to train, strengthen, or develop
Exercise the back muscles.
Exercise the memory.
Exercise➦
To put through exercises
Exercise a platoon.
Exercise➦
To make active use of; employ, apply, or exert
Exercise restraint.
Exercise control.
Exercise➦
To discharge (duties, for example).
Exercise➦
To carry out the functions of
Exercise the role of disciplinarian.
Exercise➦
To execute the terms of (a stock option, for example).
Exercise➦
To alarm, worry, or anger; upset
An injustice that exercised the whole community.
Exercise➦
To engage in exercise.
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.
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.
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.
Exercise➦
The performance of an office, ceremony, or duty.
I assisted the ailing vicar in the exercise of his parish duties.
Exercise➦
(obsolete) That which gives practice; a trial; a test.
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
Exercise➦
(intransitive) To perform physical activity for health or training.
I exercise at the gym every day.
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.
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
Exercise➦
(obsolete) To set in action; to cause to act, move, or make exertion; to give employment to.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Exercise➦
That which gives practice; a trial; a test.
Patience is more oft the exerciseOf saints, the trial of their fortitude.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
Exercise➦
The act of using;
He warned against the use of narcotic drugs
Skilled in the utilization of computers
Exercise➦
Systematic training by multiple repetitions;
Practice makes perfect
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
Exercise➦
(usually plural) a ceremony that involves processions and speeches;
Academic exercises
Exercise➦
Put to use;
Exert one's power or influence
Exercise➦
Carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions;
Practice law
Exercise➦
Give a work-out to;
Some parents exercise their infants
My personal trainer works me hard
Work one's muscles
Exercise➦
Do physical exercise;
She works out in the gym every day
Exercise➦
Learn by repetition;
We drilled French verbs every day
Pianists practice scales
