drill vs educate

educate vs drill

drill is a noun but educate is not a noun.

drill and educate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
drill	Yes	No	Yes	No
educate	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, educate is a hypernym of drill; that is, educate is a word with a broader meaning than drill:

drill: train in the military, e.g., in the use of weapons
educate: create by training and teaching

Other hypernyms of drill include develop, prepare, train.

drill (noun)	educate (noun)
systematic training by multiple repetitions
(military) the training of soldiers to march (as in ceremonial parades) or to perform the manual of arms
similar to the mandrill but smaller and less brightly colored
a tool with a sharp point and cutting edges for making holes in hard materials (usually rotating rapidly or by repeated blows)

drill (verb)	educate (verb)
learn by repetition	create by training and teaching
teach by repetition	give an education to
train in the military, e.g., in the use of weapons	teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
undergo military training or do military exercises
make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool

Difference between drill and educate

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