business vs performing

business and performing both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
business	Yes	No	No	No
performing	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, performing is a hypernym of business; that is, performing is a word with a broader meaning than business:

Other hypernyms of business include acting, playacting, playing.

business (noun)	performing (noun)
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money	the performance of a part or role in a drama
the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects
the volume of commercial activity
incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect
an immediate objective
a rightful concern or responsibility
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
customers collectively
business concerns collectively