Droid vs. Drone

Droidnoun

A robot, especially one made with some physical resemblance to a human.

Droidnoun

(in science fiction) a robot.

Droidnoun

a person regarded as lifeless or mechanical

Dronenoun

A male ant, bee or wasp, which does not work but can fertilize the queen bee.

Dronenoun

Someone who does not work; a lazy person, an idler.

Dronenoun

One who performs menial or tedious work; a drudge.

Dronenoun

A remotely controlled aircraft, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).

Dronenoun

A low-pitched hum or buzz.

Dronenoun

(musical instrument) One of the fixed-pitch pipes on a bagpipe.

Dronenoun

A genre of music that uses repeated lengthy droning sounds.

Dronenoun

A humming or deep murmuring sound.

Droneverb

To kill with a missile fired by unmanned aircraft.

Droneverb

To produce a low-pitched hum or buzz.

Droneverb

To speak in a monotone way.

Dronenoun

The male of bees, esp. of the honeybee. It gathers no honey. See Honeybee.

Dronenoun

One who lives on the labors of others; a lazy, idle fellow; a sluggard.

Dronenoun

That which gives out a grave or monotonous tone or dull sound; as: (a) A drum. [Obs.] Halliwell. (b) The part of the bagpipe containing the two lowest tubes, which always sound the key note and the fifth.

Dronenoun

A humming or deep murmuring sound.

Dronenoun

A monotonous bass, as in a pastoral composition.

Droneverb

To utter or make a low, dull, monotonous, humming or murmuring sound.

Droneverb

To love in idleness; to do nothing.

Dronenoun

stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen

Dronenoun

an unchanging intonation

Dronenoun

someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind

Dronenoun

an aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control

Dronenoun

a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone

Droneverb

make a monotonous low dull sound;

Droneverb

talk in a monotonous voice