Exercising vs. Exercise: What's the Difference?
Exercising and Exercise Definitions
Exercising
Activity that requires physical or mental exertion, especially when performed to develop or maintain fitness
Walks every day for exercise.
Exercise
Activity that requires physical or mental exertion, especially when performed to develop or maintain fitness
Walks every day for exercise.
Exercising
A specific activity performed to develop or maintain fitness or a skill
Sit-ups and other exercises.
A piano exercise.
Exercise
A specific activity performed to develop or maintain fitness or a skill
Sit-ups and other exercises.
A piano exercise.
Exercising
The active use or application of something
The exercise of good judgment.
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Exercise
The active use or application of something
The exercise of good judgment.
Exercising
The discharge of a duty, function, or office.
Exercise
The discharge of a duty, function, or office.
Exercising
An activity having a specified aspect
An undertaking that was an exercise in futility.
Exercise
An activity having a specified aspect
An undertaking that was an exercise in futility.
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Exercising
A military maneuver or training activity.
Exercise
A military maneuver or training activity.
Exercising
Exercises A ceremony that includes speeches, presentations, and other activities
Graduation exercises.
Exercise
Exercises A ceremony that includes speeches, presentations, and other activities
Graduation exercises.
Exercising
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 subject to practice or exertion in order to train, strengthen, or develop
Exercise the back muscles.
Exercise the memory.
Exercising
To put through exercises
Exercise a platoon.
Exercise
To put through exercises
Exercise a platoon.
Exercising
To make active use of; employ, apply, or exert
Exercise restraint.
Exercise control.
Exercise
To make active use of; employ, apply, or exert
Exercise restraint.
Exercise control.
Exercising
To discharge (duties, for example).
Exercise
To discharge (duties, for example).
Exercising
To carry out the functions of
Exercise the role of disciplinarian.
Exercise
To carry out the functions of
Exercise the role of disciplinarian.
Exercising
To execute the terms of (a stock option, for example).
Exercise
To execute the terms of (a stock option, for example).
Exercising
To alarm, worry, or anger; upset
An injustice that exercised the whole community.
Exercise
To alarm, worry, or anger; upset
An injustice that exercised the whole community.
Exercising
To engage in exercise.
Exercise
To engage in exercise.
Exercising
Infl of exercise
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.
Exercising
The act by which something is exercised.
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.
Exercising
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
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.
Exercise
The performance of an office, ceremony, or duty.
I assisted the ailing vicar in the exercise of his parish duties.
Exercise
(obsolete) That which gives practice; a trial; a test.
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
Exercise
(intransitive) To perform physical activity for health or training.
I exercise at the gym every day.
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.
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
Exercise
(obsolete) To set in action; to cause to act, move, or make exertion; to give employment to.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Exercise
That which gives practice; a trial; a test.
Patience is more oft the exerciseOf saints, the trial of their fortitude.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
Exercise
The act of using;
He warned against the use of narcotic drugs
Skilled in the utilization of computers
Exercise
Systematic training by multiple repetitions;
Practice makes perfect
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
Exercise
(usually plural) a ceremony that involves processions and speeches;
Academic exercises
Exercise
Put to use;
Exert one's power or influence
Exercise
Carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions;
Practice law
Exercise
Give a work-out to;
Some parents exercise their infants
My personal trainer works me hard
Work one's muscles
Exercise
Do physical exercise;
She works out in the gym every day
Exercise
Learn by repetition;
We drilled French verbs every day
Pianists practice scales
