Exercise vs. Perform — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Exercise and Perform
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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.
Perform
Carry out, accomplish, or fulfil (an action, task, or function)
I have my duties to perform
Exercise
Activity requiring physical effort, carried out to sustain or improve health and fitness
Loosening-up exercises
Exercise improves your heart and lung power
Perform
Present (a form of entertainment) to an audience
The play has already been performed in Britain
Exercise
An activity carried out for a specific purpose
An exercise in public relations
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Perform
To begin and carry through to completion; do
The surgeon performed the operation.
Exercise
The use or application of a faculty, right, or process
The exercise of authority
Perform
To take action in accordance with the requirements of; fulfill
Perform one's contractual obligations.
Exercise
Use or apply (a faculty, right, or process)
Control is exercised by the Board
Anyone receiving a suspect package should exercise extreme caution
Perform
To enact (a feat or role) before an audience.
Exercise
Engage in physical activity to sustain or improve health and fitness
She still exercised every day
Perform
To give a public presentation of; present
My theater group performed a three-act play.
Exercise
Occupy the thoughts of; worry or perplex
Macdougall was greatly exercised about the exchange rate
Perform
To function or accomplish something as expected or required
A car that performs well on curves.
Workers not performing up to standard.
Exercise
Activity that requires physical or mental exertion, especially when performed to develop or maintain fitness
Walks every day for exercise.
Perform
To yield a return on investment
Stocks that performed well.
Exercise
A specific activity performed to develop or maintain fitness or a skill
Sit-ups and other exercises.
A piano exercise.
Perform
To portray a role or demonstrate a skill before an audience
The juggler performed atop a unicycle.
Exercise
The active use or application of something
The exercise of good judgment.
Perform
To present a dramatic or musical work or other entertainment before an audience.
Exercise
The discharge of a duty, function, or office.
Perform
(transitive) To do (something); to execute.
The scientists performed several experiments.
It took him only twenty minutes to perform the task.
Exercise
An activity having a specified aspect
An undertaking that was an exercise in futility.
Perform
(intransitive) To exhibit an expected pattern of behavior; to function; to work.
The new employee performs well.
Exercise
A military maneuver or training activity.
Perform
(law) To act in a way set forth in a contract.
Exercise
Exercises A ceremony that includes speeches, presentations, and other activities
Graduation exercises.
Perform
(transitive) To act in accordance with (a contract); to fulfill one’s terms of (a contract).
Failure to perform a contract on time may constitute a breach of contract.
Exercise
To subject to practice or exertion in order to train, strengthen, or develop
Exercise the back muscles.
Exercise the memory.
Perform
(intransitive) To fulfill contractually agreed-to terms.
They entered into an agreement and now they are obliged to perform.
Exercise
To put through exercises
Exercise a platoon.
Perform
(ambitransitive) To do (something) in front of an audience, such as acting or music, often in order to entertain.
She will perform in the play.
The magician performed badly—none of his tricks worked.
The string quartet performed three pieces by Haydn.
Exercise
To make active use of; employ, apply, or exert
Exercise restraint.
Exercise control.
Perform
To behave theatrically so as to give the impression of (a quality, character trait, etc.); to feign.
The accused only performed remorse.
Exercise
To discharge (duties, for example).
Perform
(social science) Of a social actor, to behave in certain ways.
Exercise
To carry out the functions of
Exercise the role of disciplinarian.
Perform
(transitive) To behave in accordance with, and thereby in turn shape, (a social notion or role).
Perform masculinity
Perform authority
Exercise
To execute the terms of (a stock option, for example).
Perform
(intransitive) To behave in ways that carry meaning in social contexts.
Individuals in societies perform all the time.
Exercise
To alarm, worry, or anger; upset
An injustice that exercised the whole community.
Perform
To carry through; to bring to completion; to achieve; to accomplish; to execute; to do.
I will cry unto God most high, unto God that performeth all things for me.
Great force to perform what they did attempt.
Exercise
To engage in exercise.
Perform
To discharge; to fulfill; to act up to; as, to perform a duty; to perform a promise or a vow.
To perform your father's will.
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.
Perform
To represent; to act; to play; as in drama.
Perform a part thou hast not done before.
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.
Perform
To do, execute, or accomplish something; to acquit one's self in any business; esp., to represent sometimes by action; to act a part; to play on a musical instrument; as, the players perform poorly; the musician performs on the organ.
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.
Perform
Carry out or perform an action;
John did the painting, the weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters
The skater executed a triple pirouette
She did a little dance
Exercise
The performance of an office, ceremony, or duty.
I assisted the ailing vicar in the exercise of his parish duties.
Perform
Perform a function;
Who will perform the wedding?
Exercise
(obsolete) That which gives practice; a trial; a test.
Perform
Give a performance (of something);
Horowitz is performing at Carnegie Hall tonight
We performed a popular Gilbert and Sullivan opera
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
Perform
Get (something) done;
I did my job
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
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