Learning vs. Performance — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Learning and Performance
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Learning
Learning is the process of acquiring new understanding, knowledge, behaviors, skills, values, attitudes, and preferences. The ability to learn is possessed by humans, animals, and some machines; there is also evidence for some kind of learning in certain plants.
Performance
A performance is an act of staging or presenting a play, concert, or other form of entertainment. It is also defined as the action or process of carrying out or accomplishing an action, task, or function.
Learning
The acquisition of knowledge or skills through study, experience, or being taught
An important learning process
These children experienced difficulties in learning
Performance
The act of performing or the state of being performed.
Learning
The act, process, or experience of gaining knowledge or skill.
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Performance
The act or style of performing a work or role before an audience.
Learning
Knowledge or skill gained through schooling or study.
Performance
The way in which someone or something functions
The pilot rated the airplane's performance in high winds.
Learning
(Psychology) Changes in behavior resulting from experience, especially changes due to conditioning.
Performance
A presentation, especially a theatrical one, before an audience.
Learning
(uncountable) An act in which something is learned.
Performance
Something performed; an accomplishment.
Learning
(uncountable) Accumulated knowledge.
The department head was also a scholar of great learning.
Performance
(Linguistics) One's actual use of language in actual situations.
Learning
(countable) Something that has been learned
Performance
The act of performing; carrying into execution or action; execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation by action.
The performance of an undertaking or a duty
Though the result wasn't what we were hoping for, I have to commend the performance of the team, never giving up until the end.
Learning
Present participle of learn
I'm learning to ride a unicycle.
Performance
That which is performed or accomplished; a thing done or carried through; an achievement; a deed; an act; a feat; especially, an action of an elaborate or public character.
Learning
The acquisition of knowledge or skill; as, the learning of languages; the learning of telegraphy.
Performance
(arts) A live show or concert.
The band played a mix of old and new songs during their 90-minute performance.
We saw the whole ballet performance from the front row.
Learning
The knowledge or skill received by instruction or study; acquired knowledge or ideas in any branch of science or literature; erudition; literature; science; as, he is a man of great learning.
Performance
The amount of useful work accomplished estimated in terms of time needed, resources used, etc.
Better performance means more work accomplished in shorter time and/or using fewer resources.
Learning
The cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge;
The child's acquisition of language
Performance
(linguistics) The actual use of language in concrete situations by native speakers of a language, as opposed to the system of linguistic knowledge they possess (competence), cf. linguistic performance.
Learning
Profound scholarly knowledge
Performance
The act of performing; the carrying into execution or action; execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation by action; as, the performance of an undertaking of a duty.
Promises are not binding where the performance is impossible.
Performance
That which is performed or accomplished; a thing done or carried through; an achievement; a deed; an act; a feat; esp., an action of an elaborate or public character.
Performance
A dramatic or musical entertainment;
They listened to ten different performances
The play ran for 100 performances
The frequent performances of the symphony testify to its popularity
Performance
The act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it;
They criticised his performance as mayor
Experience generally improves performance
Performance
The act of presenting a play or a piece of music or other entertainment;
We congratulated him on his performance at the rehearsal
An inspired performance of Mozart's C minor concerto
Performance
Process or manner of functioning or operating;
The power of its engine determine its operation
The plane's operation in high winds
They compared the cooking performance of each oven
The jet's performance conformed to high standards
Performance
Any recognized accomplishment;
They admired his performance under stress
When Roger Maris powered four home runs in one game his performance merits awe
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