histrionics vs performance

histrionics and performance both are nouns.

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

As nouns, performance is a hypernym of histrionics; that is, performance is a word with a broader meaning than histrionics:

Other hypernyms of histrionics include public presentation.

histrionics (noun)	performance (noun)
a performance of a play	the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it
a deliberate display of emotion for effect	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