Drill and Lesson

Drill

Drill noun - Something done over and over in order to develop skill.
Usage example: doing vocabulary drills all afternoon in preparation for the test

Lesson is a synonym for drill. In some cases you can use "Lesson" instead the word "Drill" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: drilling, drilled, driller

Lesson

Lesson noun - Something assigned to be read or studied.
Usage example: your lesson for tonight will be the chapter on chemical reactions
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Synonyms for Lesson

Drill is a synonym for lesson in exercise topic. Sometimes you can use "Drill" instead the word "Lesson" as a noun or a verb, if it concerns topics such as event, information taught.

Nearby Words: lessoning, lessoned

How words are described

long long drill long lesson
single single drill single lesson
simple simple drill simple lesson
actual actual drill actual lesson
Other adjectives: real, big, great, little, strict, new, flying, greatest, impromptu.

Both words in one sentence

  • Mooning However, on the first lesson she appears to be a Drill Sergeant Nasty, which scares all of them except Cartman out of doing it.
    Source: Mooning
  • Fanfic / The Sweetie Chronicles: Fragments Cool and Unusual Punishment: Nightmare Moon's response to realizing that Scootaloo spiked her soup was to set her up for a flight lesson under a Drill Sergeant Nasty.
  • Anime / Macross Frontier Drill Sergeant Nasty: Mikhail's training regimen in episode 4; a mild subversion in that Alto and Mikhail are friends otherwise, and it isn't so much that Alto needs training as it is that he needs a bit of a humility lesson.
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