On the other hand, and sticking to the electric drill scenario:
If you have something like a polishing pad fitted to the drill (i.e. something fairly large and heavy), and you switch the drill on, the pad turns clockwise. The drill, obeying Newton's Third Law, tends to turn anti-clockwise.
If you select reverse on the drill, and switch it on, the pad obviously turns anti-clockwise. And so does the drill.