Perform vs. Carryout — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Perform and Carryout
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Perform
Carry out, accomplish, or fulfil (an action, task, or function)
I have my duties to perform
Carryout
Food that is intended to be eaten outside the establishment from which it is bought.
Perform
Present (a form of entertainment) to an audience
The play has already been performed in Britain
Carryout
An establishment that prepares and sells food to be taken away on demand; a takeaway.
Perform
To begin and carry through to completion; do
The surgeon performed the operation.
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Perform
To take action in accordance with the requirements of; fulfill
Perform one's contractual obligations.
Perform
To enact (a feat or role) before an audience.
Perform
To give a public presentation of; present
My theater group performed a three-act play.
Perform
To function or accomplish something as expected or required
A car that performs well on curves.
Workers not performing up to standard.
Perform
To yield a return on investment
Stocks that performed well.
Perform
To portray a role or demonstrate a skill before an audience
The juggler performed atop a unicycle.
Perform
To present a dramatic or musical work or other entertainment before an audience.
Perform
(transitive) To do (something); to execute.
The scientists performed several experiments.
It took him only twenty minutes to perform the task.
Perform
(intransitive) To exhibit an expected pattern of behavior; to function; to work.
The new employee performs well.
Perform
(law) To act in a way set forth in a contract.
Perform
(transitive) To act in accordance with (a contract); to fulfill one’s terms of (a contract).
Failure to perform a contract on time may constitute a breach of contract.
Perform
(intransitive) To fulfill contractually agreed-to terms.
They entered into an agreement and now they are obliged to perform.
Perform
(ambitransitive) To do (something) in front of an audience, such as acting or music, often in order to entertain.
She will perform in the play.
The magician performed badly—none of his tricks worked.
The string quartet performed three pieces by Haydn.
Perform
To behave theatrically so as to give the impression of (a quality, character trait, etc.); to feign.
The accused only performed remorse.
Perform
(social science) Of a social actor, to behave in certain ways.
Perform
(transitive) To behave in accordance with, and thereby in turn shape, (a social notion or role).
Perform masculinity
Perform authority
Perform
(intransitive) To behave in ways that carry meaning in social contexts.
Individuals in societies perform all the time.
Perform
To carry through; to bring to completion; to achieve; to accomplish; to execute; to do.
I will cry unto God most high, unto God that performeth all things for me.
Great force to perform what they did attempt.
Perform
To discharge; to fulfill; to act up to; as, to perform a duty; to perform a promise or a vow.
To perform your father's will.
Perform
To represent; to act; to play; as in drama.
Perform a part thou hast not done before.
Perform
To do, execute, or accomplish something; to acquit one's self in any business; esp., to represent sometimes by action; to act a part; to play on a musical instrument; as, the players perform poorly; the musician performs on the organ.
Perform
Carry out or perform an action;
John did the painting, the weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters
The skater executed a triple pirouette
She did a little dance
Perform
Perform a function;
Who will perform the wedding?
Perform
Give a performance (of something);
Horowitz is performing at Carnegie Hall tonight
We performed a popular Gilbert and Sullivan opera
Perform
Get (something) done;
I did my job
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