accomplishment vs attainment

accomplishment and attainment both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
accomplishment	Yes	No	No	No
attainment	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, attainment is a hyponym of accomplishment; that is, attainment is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than accomplishment:

accomplishment: the action of accomplishing something
attainment: the act of achieving an aim

Other hyponyms of accomplishment include beachhead, foothold, cakewalk, effort, exploit, feat, masterpiece, masterstroke, credit, performance, record, track record, accomplished fact, fait accompli, going, sledding, arrival, reaching, close call, close shave, narrow escape, squeak, squeaker, freeing, liberation, release, base on balls, pass, walk, haymaking, face saver, face saving, enlisting, recruitment, smooth.

As nouns, accomplishment and attainment are synonyms defined as:

accomplishment and attainment: an ability that has been acquired by training

Other synonyms of accomplishment include acquirement, acquisition, skill.

accomplishment (noun)	attainment (noun)
the action of accomplishing something	the act of achieving an aim
an ability that has been acquired by training	arrival at a new stage
	an ability that has been acquired by training

accomplishment vs attainment

accomplishment and attainment both are nouns.

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