Excercise vs. Exercise: What's the Difference?

Edited by Huma Saeed || By Sawaira Riaz || Updated on October 2, 2023
The incorrect spelling is "excercise," while the correct spelling is "exercise." Exercise refers to physical activity for improving health or specific training to develop skills.

Which is correct: Excercise or Exercise
How to spell Exercise?

Excercise is Incorrect

Exercise is Correct
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Key Differences
Focus on the single 'c' in the middle, as opposed to the double 'c' in the incorrect spelling.

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Think of "ex" for "exit" and "rise" for "getting up," which together give you "exercise."

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Use the mnemonic "Ex Size" to remember that "exercise" helps you reduce your size.

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Recall that "exercise" rhymes with "merchandise," which also has one 'c' in the middle.

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Sep 16, 2023
Remember, “no extra 'c' in exercise,” to emphasize the correct spelling.

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Excercise and Exercise Definitions
Exercise
Exercise is the utilization of a right or privilege.
She exercised her right to vote.

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Exercise
In the context of financial markets, exercise refers to the act of implementing the rights of an option contract.
He chose to exercise his stock options.

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Exercise
Activity that requires physical or mental exertion, especially when performed to develop or maintain fitness
Walks every day for exercise.

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Exercise
A specific activity performed to develop or maintain fitness or a skill
Sit-ups and other exercises.
A piano exercise.

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Exercise
The active use or application of something
The exercise of good judgment.

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Exercise
An activity having a specified aspect
An undertaking that was an exercise in futility.

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Exercise
Exercises A ceremony that includes speeches, presentations, and other activities
Graduation exercises.

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Exercise
To subject to practice or exertion in order to train, strengthen, or develop
Exercise the back muscles.
Exercise the memory.

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Exercise
To make active use of; employ, apply, or exert
Exercise restraint.
Exercise control.

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Exercise
To alarm, worry, or anger; upset
An injustice that exercised the whole community.

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Exercise
(countable) Any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability.
The teacher told us that the next exercise is to write an essay.

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Exercise
Activity intended to improve physical, or sometimes mental, strength and fitness.
Swimming is good exercise.
I like to do my exercises every morning before breakfast.
I do crosswords for mental exercise.

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Exercise
A setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use.
The law guarantees us the free exercise of our rights.

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Exercise
The performance of an office, ceremony, or duty.
I assisted the ailing vicar in the exercise of his parish duties.

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Exercise
To exert for the sake of training or improvement; to practice in order to develop.
To exercise troops or horses;
To exercise one's brain with a puzzle

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Exercise
(intransitive) To perform physical activity for health or training.
I exercise at the gym every day.

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Exercise
(transitive) To use (a right, an option, etc.); to put into practice.
The tenant exercised his option to renew the tenancy.
She is going to exercise her right to vote.

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Exercise
To occupy the attention and effort of; to task; to tax, especially in a painful or vexatious manner; harass; to vex; to worry or make anxious.
Exercised with pain

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Exercise
(obsolete) To set in action; to cause to act, move, or make exertion; to give employment to.

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Exercise
The act of exercising; a setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use; habitual activity; occupation, in general; practice.
Exercise of the important function confided by the constitution to the legislature.
O we will walk this world,Yoked in all exercise of noble end.

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Exercise
Exertion for the sake of training or improvement whether physical, intellectual, or moral; practice to acquire skill, knowledge, virtue, perfectness, grace, etc.
An exercise of the eyes and memory.

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Exercise
Bodily exertion for the sake of keeping the organs and functions in a healthy state; hygienic activity; as, to take exercise on horseback; to exercise on a treadmill or in a gym.
The wise for cure on exercise depend.

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Exercise
The performance of an office, a ceremony, or a religious duty.
Lewis refused even those of the church of England . . . the public exercise of their religion.
To draw him from his holy exercise.

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Exercise
That which is done for the sake of exercising, practicing, training, or promoting skill, health, mental, improvement, moral discipline, etc.; that which is assigned or prescribed for such ends; hence, a disquisition; a lesson; a task; as, military or naval exercises; musical exercises; an exercise in composition; arithmetic exercises.
The clumsy exercises of the European tourney.
He seems to have taken a degree, and performed public exercises in Cambridge, in 1565.

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Exercise
That which gives practice; a trial; a test.
Patience is more oft the exerciseOf saints, the trial of their fortitude.

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Exercise
To set in action; to cause to act, move, or make exertion; to give employment to; to put in action habitually or constantly; to school or train; to exert repeatedly; to busy.
Herein do I Exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence.

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Exercise
To exert for the sake of training or improvement; to practice in order to develop; hence, also, to improve by practice; to discipline, and to use or to for the purpose of training; as, to exercise arms; to exercise one's self in music; to exercise troops.
About him exercised heroic gamesThe unarmed youth.

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Exercise
To occupy the attention and effort of; to task; to tax, especially in a painful or vexatious manner; harass; to vex; to worry or make anxious; to affect; to discipline; as, exercised with pain.
Where pain of unextinguishable fireMust exercise us without hope of end.

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Exercise
To put in practice; to carry out in action; to perform the duties of; to use; to employ; to practice; as, to exercise authority; to exercise an office.
I am the Lord which exercise loving-kindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth.
The people of the land have used oppression and exercised robbery.

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Exercise
To exercise one's self, as under military training; to drill; to take exercise; to use action or exertion; to practice gymnastics; as, to exercise for health or amusement.
I wear my trusty sword,When I do exercise.

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Exercise
The activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit;
The doctor recommended regular exercise
He did some exercising
The physical exertion required by his work kept him fit

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Exercise
The act of using;
He warned against the use of narcotic drugs
Skilled in the utilization of computers

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Exercise
A task performed or problem solved in order to develop skill or understanding;
You must work the examples at the end of each chapter in the textbook

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Exercise
(usually plural) a ceremony that involves processions and speeches;
Academic exercises

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Exercise
Give a work-out to;
Some parents exercise their infants
My personal trainer works me hard
Work one's muscles

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Exercise
Learn by repetition;
We drilled French verbs every day
Pianists practice scales

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Exercise
Exercise is physical activity done to improve health and fitness.
She does aerobic exercise every morning.

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Exercise
Exercise can refer to a specific task or activity done for a purpose.
He completed the math exercises in the textbook.

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Exercise
Exercise can also refer to a military training or drill.
The army conducted a joint exercise with the navy.

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FAQs
Why is it called exercise?
Derived from Latin "exercitium," meaning "training, exercise."

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What is the root word of exercise?
The root word is "exercise" itself, derived from Latin "exercitium."

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Which vowel is used before exercise?
Any vowel can be used depending on the sentence; there's no fixed vowel.

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Which preposition is used with exercise?
"Of" as in "exercise of power," or "in" as in "engage in exercise."

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Is exercise a noun or adjective?
It can be both a noun and a verb, but not an adjective.

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Is exercise an abstract noun?
No, it is a concrete noun when referring to a specific activity; abstract when referring to the concept.

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Which determiner is used with exercise?
"The," "some," "any," depending on context.

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Which article is used with exercise?
"The" or "an" depending on the context.

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Is the term 'exercise' a metaphor?
It can be used metaphorically but is not inherently a metaphor.

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Is the word 'exercise' imperative?
No, but it can be used in an imperative sentence like, "Exercise daily."

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What is a stressed syllable in exercise?
The first syllable, "ex," is stressed.

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How is exercise used in a sentence?
Example: Regular exercise is essential for maintaining good health.

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Is exercise a negative or positive word?
Generally, it is a positive word but can be neutral depending on the context.

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Sep 16, 2023
Is exercise a countable noun?
Yes, when referring to a specific task or drill ("do your exercises").

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