performance vs recital

performance and recital both are nouns.

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

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

performance (noun)	recital (noun)
the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it	the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events
the act of presenting a play or a piece of music or other entertainment	a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance
any recognized accomplishment	performance of music or dance especially by soloists
a dramatic or musical entertainment	a detailed account or description of something
process or manner of functioning or operating