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Digging vs Drilling - What's the difference?

digging | drilling |

As nouns the difference between digging and drilling

is that digging is the action performed by a person or thing that digs while drilling is a triplet (one of three persons born to the same mother at the same time).

As a verb digging

is .

digging

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The action performed by a person or thing that digs.
  • A place where ore is dug, especially certain localities in California, Australia, etc. where gold is obtained.
  • (archaic, colloquial) region; locality

    • Verb

    (head)

    • drilling

    English

    Etymology 1

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Act of ing.
  • A heavy, twilled fabric of linen or cotton; drill.

    • Etymology 2

    From German drei (three)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A long firearm with three (or rarely, four) barrels.