military drill vs recitation

military drill and recitation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
military drill	Yes	No	No	No
recitation	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, recitation is a hypernym of military drill; that is, recitation is a word with a broader meaning than military drill:

Other hypernyms of military drill include drill, exercise, practice, practice session.

military drill (noun)	recitation (noun)
training in marching and the use of weapons	systematic training by multiple repetitions
	a regularly scheduled session as part of a course of study
	a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance
	written matter that is recited from memory