overachieve vs perform

overachieve and perform both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
overachieve	No	No	Yes	No
perform	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, perform is a hypernym of overachieve; that is, perform is a word with a broader meaning than overachieve:

overachieve: perform better or achieve a greater degree of success than expected
perform: get (something) done

Other hypernyms of overachieve include do.

overachieve (verb)	perform (verb)
perform better or achieve a greater degree of success than expected	carry out or perform an action
	give a performance (of something)
	get (something) done
	perform a function