Practice vs. Drill

Practicenoun

Repetition of an activity to improve a skill.

Practicenoun

An organized event for the purpose of performing such repetition.

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The ongoing pursuit of a craft or profession, particularly in medicine or the fine arts.

Practicenoun

(countable) A place where a professional service is provided, such as a general practice.

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The observance of religious duties that a church requires of its members.

Practicenoun

A customary action, habit, or behaviour; a manner or routine.

Practicenoun

Actual operation or experiment, in contrast to theory.

Practicenoun

(legal) The form, manner, and order of conducting and carrying on suits and prosecutions through their various stages, according to the principles of law and the rules laid down by the courts.

Practicenoun

Skilful or artful management; dexterity in contrivance or the use of means; stratagem; artifice.

Practicenoun

(math) A easy and concise method of applying the rules of arithmetic to questions which occur in trade and business.

Practiceverb

alternative spelling of practise

Practicenoun

Frequently repeated or customary action; habitual performance; a succession of acts of a similar kind; usage; habit; custom; as, the practice of rising early; the practice of making regular entries of accounts; the practice of daily exercise.

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Customary or constant use; state of being used.

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Skill or dexterity acquired by use; expertness.

Practicenoun

Actual performance; application of knowledge; - opposed to theory.

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Systematic exercise for instruction or discipline; as, the troops are called out for practice; she neglected practice in music.

Practicenoun

Application of science to the wants of men; the exercise of any profession; professional business; as, the practice of medicine or law; a large or lucrative practice.

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Skillful or artful management; dexterity in contrivance or the use of means; art; stratagem; artifice; plot; - usually in a bad sense.

Practicenoun

A easy and concise method of applying the rules of arithmetic to questions which occur in trade and business.

Practicenoun

The form, manner, and order of conducting and carrying on suits and prosecutions through their various stages, according to the principles of law and the rules laid down by the courts.

Practiceverb

To do or perform frequently, customarily, or habitually; to make a practice of; as, to practice gaming.

Practiceverb

To exercise, or follow, as a profession, trade, art, etc., as, to practice law or medicine.

Practiceverb

To exercise one's self in, for instruction or improvement, or to acquire discipline or dexterity; as, to practice gunnery; to practice music.

Practiceverb

To put into practice; to carry out; to act upon; to commit; to execute; to do.

Practiceverb

To make use of; to employ.

Practiceverb

To teach or accustom by practice; to train.

Practiceverb

To perform certain acts frequently or customarily, either for instruction, profit, or amusement; as, to practice with the broadsword or with the rifle; to practice on the piano.

Practiceverb

To learn by practice; to form a habit.

Practiceverb

To try artifices or stratagems.

Practiceverb

To apply theoretical science or knowledge, esp. by way of experiment; to exercise or pursue an employment or profession, esp. that of medicine or of law.

Practicenoun

a customary way of operation or behavior;

Practicenoun

systematic training by multiple repetitions;

Practicenoun

translating an idea into action;

Practicenoun

the exercise of a profession;

Practicenoun

knowledge of how something is usually done;

Practiceverb

learn by repetition;

Practiceverb

avail oneself to;

Practiceverb

carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions;

Practiceverb

engage in a rehearsal (of)

Practicenoun

the actual application or use of an idea, belief, or method, as opposed to theories relating to it

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the carrying out or exercise of a profession, especially that of a doctor or lawyer

Practicenoun

the business or premises of a doctor or lawyer

Practicenoun

the customary, habitual, or expected procedure or way of doing of something

Practicenoun

an established method of legal procedure.

Practicenoun

repeated exercise in or performance of an activity or skill so as to acquire or maintain proficiency in it

Practicenoun

a period of time spent practising an activity or skill

Practiceverb

US spelling of practise

Drillverb

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

Drillverb

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

Drillverb

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

Drillverb

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

Drillverb

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

Drillverb

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

Drillverb

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

Drillverb

To have sexual intercourse with; to penetrate.

Drillverb

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

Drillverb

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

Drillverb

To entice or allure; to decoy; with on.

Drillverb

To cause to slip or waste away by degrees.

Drillnoun

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

Drillnoun

The portion of a drilling tool that drives the bit.

Drillnoun

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

Drillnoun

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

Drillnoun

A row of seed sown in a furrow.

Drillnoun

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

Drillnoun

(obsolete) A small trickling stream; a rill.

Drillnoun

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

Drillnoun

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

Drillnoun

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

Drillnoun

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

Drillverb

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.

Drillverb

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.

Drillverb

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

Drillverb

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

Drillverb

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

Drillverb

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

Drillverb

To cause to slip or waste away by degrees.

Drillverb

To trickle.

Drillverb

To sow in drills.

Drillnoun

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.

Drillnoun

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.

Drillnoun

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

Drillnoun

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.

Drillnoun

A small trickling stream; a rill.

Drillnoun

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

Drillnoun

A large African baboon (Cynocephalus leucophæus).

Drillnoun

Same as Drilling.

Drillnoun

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

Drillnoun

similar to the mandrill but smaller and less brightly colored

Drillnoun

systematic training by multiple repetitions;

Drillnoun

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

Drillverb

make a hole with a pointed power or hand tool;

Drillverb

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

Drillverb

learn by repetition;

Drillverb

teach by repetition

Drillverb

undergo military training or do military exercises

Drillnoun

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

Drillnoun

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

Drillnoun

instruction or training in military exercises

Drillnoun

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

Drillnoun

a rehearsal of the procedure to be followed in an emergency

Drillnoun

the correct or recognized procedure or way of doing something

Drillnoun

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

Drillnoun

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

Drillnoun

a small furrow made by a drill

Drillnoun

a row of plants sown in a drill

Drillnoun

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

Drillnoun

a coarse twilled cotton or linen fabric

Drillverb

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

Drillverb

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

Drillverb

make a hole in or through something by using a drill

Drillverb

sink a borehole in order to obtain oil or water

Drillverb

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

Drillverb

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

Drillverb

subject (someone) to military training exercises

Drillverb

(of a person) take part in military training exercises

Drillverb

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

Drillverb

cause (someone) to learn something by repeating it regularly

Drillverb

sow (seed) with a drill

Drillverb

plant (the ground) in furrows

Drill

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.