achievement vs performance

performance vs achievement

achievement and performance both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
achievement	Yes	No	No	No
performance	Yes	No	No	No

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

achievement: the action of accomplishing something
performance: any recognized accomplishment

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

achievement (noun)	performance (noun)
the action of accomplishing something	the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it
	the act of presenting a play or a piece of music or other entertainment
	any recognized accomplishment
	a dramatic or musical entertainment
	process or manner of functioning or operating

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