Mandrill vs. Drill

A primate, Mandrillus sphinx, recognized by its colorful face and rump.

A large West African baboon (Papio sphinx syn. Mandrillus sphinx, formerly Cynocephalus mormon syn. Papio mormon). The adult male has, on the sides of the nose, large, naked, grooved swellings, conspicuously striped with blue and red. It is an endangered species.

baboon of west Africa with red and blue muzzle and hindquarters

The mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) is a primate of the Old World monkey (Cercopithecidae) family. It is one of two species assigned to the genus Mandrillus, along with the drill.

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

Example: ‘Drill a small hole to start tmhe screw in the right direction.’;

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

Example: ‘They drilled daily to learn the routine exactly.’;

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

Example: ‘The sergeant was up by 6:00 every morning, drilling his troops.’;

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

Example: ‘The instructor drilled into us the importance of reading the instructions.’;

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

Example: ‘Drill deeper and you may find the underlying assumptions faulty.’;

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

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

To have sexual intercourse with; to penetrate.

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

Example: ‘waters drilled through a sandy stratum’;

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

To entice or allure; to decoy; with on.

To cause to slip or waste away by degrees.

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

Example: ‘Wear safety glasses when operating an electric drill.’;

The portion of a drilling tool that drives the bit.

Example: ‘Use a drill with a wire brush to remove any rust or buildup.’;

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

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

A row of seed sown in a furrow.

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

Example: ‘Regular fire drills can ensure that everyone knows how to exit safely in an emergency.’;

(obsolete) A small trickling stream; a rill.

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

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

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.

Example: ‘He [Frederic the Great] drilled his people, as he drilled his grenadiers.’;

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.

Example: ‘See drilled him on to five-fifty.’;

To cause to slip or waste away by degrees.

Example: ‘This accident hath drilled away the whole summer.’;

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.

Example: ‘Springs through the pleasant meadows pour their drills.’;

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;

Example: ‘practice makes perfect’;

(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;

Example: ‘don't drill here, there's a gas pipe’; ‘drill a hole into the wall’; ‘drill for oil’;

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

learn by repetition;

Example: ‘We drilled French verbs every day’; ‘Pianists practice scales’;

teach by repetition

undergo military training or do military exercises

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

a tool with a rotating tip used by a dentist for cutting away part of a tooth before filling it.

instruction or training in military exercises

Example: ‘parade-ground drill’;

intensive instruction or training in something, typically by means of repeated exercises

Example: ‘tables can be mastered by drill and practice’; ‘language-learning drills’;

a rehearsal of the procedure to be followed in an emergency

Example: ‘air-raid drills’;

the correct or recognized procedure or way of doing something

Example: ‘he didn't know the drill’;

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

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

a small furrow made by a drill

Example: ‘sprinkle the seeds along a four foot drill’;

a row of plants sown in a drill

Example: ‘drills of lettuces’;

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

a coarse twilled cotton or linen fabric

Example: ‘top quality cotton drill with reinforced seams’; ‘sturdy clothes in drill, denim and linen’;

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

Example: ‘drill holes through the tiles for the masonry pins’;

make a hole in (something) by boring with a drill

Example: ‘a power tool for drilling wood’;

make a hole in or through something by using a drill

Example: ‘his eyes drilled into her’; ‘do not attempt to drill through a joist’;

sink a borehole in order to obtain oil or water

Example: ‘BP has been licensed to drill for oil in the area’;

(of a dentist) cut away part of (a tooth) before filling it

Example: ‘I didn't like having my teeth drilled, but extractions were worse’;

(of a sports player) hit (a shot) hard and in a straight line

Example: ‘he drilled a right-foot volley into the back of the net’;

subject (someone) to military training exercises

Example: ‘a sergeant was drilling new recruits’;

(of a person) take part in military training exercises

Example: ‘the troops were drilling’;

instruct (someone) in something by the means of repeated exercises or practice

Example: ‘I reacted instinctively because I had been drilled to do just that’;

cause (someone) to learn something by repeating it regularly

Example: ‘his mother had drilled into him the need to pay for one's sins’;

sow (seed) with a drill

Example: ‘crops drilled in autumn’;

plant (the ground) in furrows

Example: ‘he drilled 100 acres in eight hours’;

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.