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? asked in Education & ReferenceWords & Wordplay · 2 months ago

Are ‘I work out every day’ and ‘I exercise every day’ exactly the same meaning?

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  • 2 months ago

    nope bc i think exercisin n workin out r diff

  • Anonymous
    2 months ago

    Sometimes you need clarification on that. I work out every day I go to work.  Exercise usually means going to a gym or lifting weights (working & paying for it)

    . I would rather get paid for doing it.

    But in general they are interchangeable terminology talking about being active.

  • 2 months ago

    They're used interchangeably in American English. Though work out suggest exercising individuals muscles. Because of the phrasing used. Exercise is less specific. For example:

    " See you later, I'm going to the gym for a workout".

    " I get exercise by riding by bike" more general. "I workout by riding my bike". This is not said.

    Source(s): Native American English speaker
  • Anonymous
    2 months ago

    No, you can exercise lots of things but "work out" implies repetitive activation of certain muscles: push-ups, pull-ups, sit-ups... staying mainly on the same place.

    Running, biking, skating, swimming are not called "working out"

  • 2 months ago

    Work out would make me think you go to the gym to get more pump

    Exercise makes me think you go out in the street and walk.

    They can mean the same thing, though if I said i exercised I would include in the gym but if I said I work out I wouldn’t have to include in the gym. 

  • 2 months ago

    Not exactly but effectively the same.  Not all exercise is a workout, and perhaps even not all workouts would be considered "exercise", but the two terms are used interchangeably for identical activities often enough that the differences are less important than the similarity.  The import of each is identical even if the specific activities might not be the same.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    2 months ago

    ''Work out'' suggests that you go to a Gym

    ''Exercise'' could just mean that you go for a run or a walk.

  • 2 months ago

    Yes, they mean the same thing.

  • pearl
    Lv 4
    2 months ago

    They mean the same to me.

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