different between mining vs drilling

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ma?n??/
• Rhymes: -a?n??

Noun

mining (countable and uncountable, plural minings)

2. The activity of removing solid valuables from the earth.

   gold mining

3. (figuratively) Any activity that extracts or undermines.

   His extensive mining for apparently statistically significant results made any of his results questionable.

   • 1740, John Hawkesworth, The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, Life of the Reverend Jonathan Swift [Introduction]

     […] the fabrick, however weak by the delicacy of its composition, would not have fallen so soon, if the foundation had not been injured by the slow minings of regret and vexation.

4. (military) The activity of placing explosives underground, rigged to explode
5. (cryptocurrencies) Creation of new units of cryptocurrency by validating transactions and demonstrating proof of work.

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Russian: ???????? (májning)

Translations

Verb

mining

1. present participle of mine

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English meaning.

Noun

mining

1. meaning

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d??l??/
• Rhymes: -?l??

Etymology 1

drill +? -ing

Verb

drilling

1. present participle of drill

Noun

drilling (plural drillings)

1. Act of drilling.

Derived terms

• well drilling

Translations

Etymology 2

From German drei (three).

Noun

drilling (plural drillings)

1. A long firearm with three (or rarely, four) barrels.

Translations

Etymology 3

Noun

drilling

1. A heavy, twilled fabric of linen or cotton; drill.