attainment vs record

record vs attainment

attainment and record both are nouns.

attainment is not a verb while record is a verb.

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

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

attainment: the act of achieving an aim
record: an extreme attainment; the best (or worst) performance ever attested (as in a sport)

Other hyponyms of attainment include success, course credit, credit, accession, rise to power.

attainment (noun)	record (noun)
the act of achieving an aim	an extreme attainment; the best (or worst) performance ever attested (as in a sport)
arrival at a new stage	the sum of recognized accomplishments
an ability that has been acquired by training	sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove
	a list of crimes for which an accused person has been previously convicted
	a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone
	anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events
	a document that can serve as legal evidence of a transaction
	the number of wins versus losses and ties a team has had

attainment (verb)	record (verb)
	make a record of; set down in permanent form
	register electronically
	indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments
	be aware of

Difference between attainment and record

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