Drill and Task

Drill

Drill noun - An established and often automatic or monotonous series of actions followed when engaging in some activity.

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Task and drill are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Task" instead a noun "Drill".

Nearby Words: drilling, drilled, driller

Task noun - A piece of work that needs to be done regularly.

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Drill and task are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Drill" instead a noun "Task".

Nearby Words: tasked, taskwork, tasking

long	long drill	long task
common	common drill	common task
single	single drill	single task
simple	simple drill	simple task
Other adjectives: dull, actual, large, great, huge, evil, new, magical.

Once the Drill Sergeant/Instructor gives this speech and actively implements mental and physical activities designed to reinforce it, his task is then to build the recruits up with mental and physical activities and training so that they *will* prove him wrong.

Source: The Reason You Suck Speech / Real Life
A typical strategy of the gym teacher, sports coach, martial arts instructor, and the Drill Sergeant Nasty, this is when failure at some task is commonly punished by performing some sort of physical exercise, with pushups or running both being common examples.

Source: Physical Fitness Punishment

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