Drill vs Mine - What's the difference?
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To create (a hole) by removing material with a (tool).
To practice, especially in a military context.
(ergative) To cause to drill (practice); to train in military arts.
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To repeat an idea frequently in order to encourage someone to remember it.
To investigate or examine something in more detail or at a different level
To hit or kick with a lot of power.
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(slang, vulgar) To have sexual intercourse with; to penetrate.
To cause to flow in drills or rills or by trickling; to drain by trickling.
To sow (seeds) by dribbling them along a furrow or in a row.
(obsolete) To entice or allure; to decoy; with on .
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(obsolete) To cause to slip or waste away by degrees.
* Jonathan Swift
A tool used to remove material so as to create a hole, typically by plunging a rotating cutting bit into a stationary workpiece.
The portion of a drilling tool that drives the bit.
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).
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, title= (obsolete) A small trickling stream; a rill.
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Any of several molluscs, of the genus , that drill holes in the shells of other animals.
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An Old World monkey of West Africa, , similar in appearance to the mandrill, but lacking the colorful face.
My; belonging to me; that which belongs to me.
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An excavation from which ore or solid minerals are taken, especially one consisting of underground tunnels.
(military) A passage dug toward or underneath enemy lines, which is then packed with explosives.
(military) A device intended to explode when stepped upon or touched, or when approached by a ship, vehicle, or person.
(pyrotechnics) A type of firework that explodes on the ground, shooting sparks upward.
(entomology) The cavity made by a caterpillar while feeding inside a leaf.
(ambitransitive) To remove (ore) from the ground.
To dig into, for ore or metal.
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To sow mines (the explosive devices) in (an area).
To damage (a vehicle or ship) with a mine (an explosive device).
To dig a tunnel or hole; to burrow in the earth.
To dig away, or otherwise remove, the substratum or foundation of; to lay a mine under; to sap; to undermine; hence, to ruin or destroy by slow degrees or secret means.
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In transitive terms the difference between drill and mine
is that drill is to sow (seeds) by dribbling them along a furrow or in a row while mine is to damage (a vehicle or ship) with a mine (an explosive device).In intransitive terms the difference between drill and mine
is that drill is to investigate or examine something in more detail or at a different level while mine is to dig a tunnel or hole; to burrow in the earth.As a pronoun mine is
my; belonging to me; that which belongs to me.drill
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl)Verb
(en verb)- Drill a small hole to start the screw in the right direction.
- They drilled daily to learn the routine exactly.
- The sergeant was up by 6:00 every morning, drilling his troops.
- He [Frederic the Great] drilled his people, as he drilled his grenadiers.
- The instructor drilled into us the importance of reading the instructions.
- Drill deeper and you may find the underlying assumptions faulty.
- He did get their attention when he drilled the ball dead center into the hole for an opening birdie.
- Without compromising he drilled the ball home, leaving Dynamos' ill-fated keeper diving for fresh air.
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- Is this going to take long? I've got a hot date to drill the flautist at the symphony tonight.'' - Brian Griffin, ''
- waters drilled through a sandy stratum
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- She drilled him on to five-and-fifty, and will drop him in his old age
- This accident hath drilled away the whole summer.
Noun
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- Springs through the pleasant meadows pour their drills .
Quotations
* (English Citations of "drill")Derived terms
* dental drill * dentist's drill * drill barrow * drill bow * drill harrow * drill plough, drill plow * drill sergeantEtymology 2
Probably of African origin; compare mandrill.Noun
(en noun)External links
* (Mandrillus leucophaeus) * (Mandrillus leucophaeus) * (Mandrillus leucophaeus)Etymology 3
From (etyl) .Derived terms
* (l), (l)Synonyms
* (l)mine
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) .Pronoun
- Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord: /
Usage notes
* . * Historically, (term) came to be used only before a consonant sound, and later came to be used regardless of the following sound. Nonetheless, (term) still sees archaic pre-vocalic use, as may be seen in the 1862 quotation above.See also
(English personal pronouns)Etymology 2
From (etyl), from (etyl) (m), from .Noun
(en noun) view of an anti-tank landmine- This diamond comes from a mine in South Africa.
- He came out of the coal mine with a face covered in black.
- Most coal and ore comes from open-pit mines nowadays.
- His left leg was blown off after he stepped on a mine .
- The warship was destroyed by floating mines .
Derived terms
* anti-personnel mine * anti-tank mine * coal mine * gold mine, goldmine * land mine, landmine * limpet mine * magnetic mine * minefield * minelayer * mine of information * miner * mineral * mine run * mine shaft, mineshaft * minesweeper * mineworker * naval mine * open-pit mine * proximity mine * proxy mine * salt mine * strip-mine, strip mineVerb
(min)- Crater of Diamonds State Park is the only place in the world where visitors can mine their own diamonds.
- Lead veins have been traced but they have not been mined .
- We had to slow our advance after the enemy mined the road ahead of us.
- the mining cony
- They mined the walls.
- Too lazy to cut down these immense trees, the spoilers had mined them, and placed a quantity of gunpowder in the cavity.
