rock drill vs trepan

rock drill

noun
  • A powerful drill that can cut through stone. 

trepan

noun
  • A tool used to bore through rock when sinking shafts. 

  • A surgical instrument used to remove a circular section of bone from the skull; a trephine. 

verb
  • To create a large hole by making a narrow groove outlining the shape of the hole and then removing the plug of material remaining by less expensive means. 

  • To use a trepan; to trephine. 

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