Perform vs. Performance — What's the Difference?

Carry out, accomplish, or fulfil (an action, task, or function)

The way in which someone or something functions

Present (a form of entertainment) to an audience

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.

To begin and carry through to completion; do

The act of performing or the state of being performed.

To take action in accordance with the requirements of; fulfill

The act or style of performing a work or role before an audience.

To enact (a feat or role) before an audience.

A presentation, especially a theatrical one, before an audience.

To give a public presentation of; present

Something performed; an accomplishment.

To function or accomplish something as expected or required

(Linguistics) One's actual use of language in actual situations.

To yield a return on investment

The act of performing; carrying into execution or action; execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation by action.

To portray a role or demonstrate a skill before an audience

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.

To present a dramatic or musical work or other entertainment before an audience.

(arts) A live show or concert.

(transitive) To do (something); to execute.

The amount of useful work accomplished estimated in terms of time needed, resources used, etc.

(intransitive) To exhibit an expected pattern of behavior; to function; to work.

(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.

(law) To act in a way set forth in a contract.

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.

(transitive) To act in accordance with (a contract); to fulfill one’s terms of (a contract).

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.

(intransitive) To fulfill contractually agreed-to terms.

A dramatic or musical entertainment;

(ambitransitive) To do (something) in front of an audience, such as acting or music, often in order to entertain.

The act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it;

To behave theatrically so as to give the impression of (a quality, character trait, etc.); to feign.

The act of presenting a play or a piece of music or other entertainment;

(social science) Of a social actor, to behave in certain ways.

Process or manner of functioning or operating;

(transitive) To behave in accordance with, and thereby in turn shape, (a social notion or role).

Any recognized accomplishment;

(intransitive) To behave in ways that carry meaning in social contexts.

To carry through; to bring to completion; to achieve; to accomplish; to execute; to do.

To discharge; to fulfill; to act up to; as, to perform a duty; to perform a promise or a vow.

To represent; to act; to play; as in drama.

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.

Carry out or perform an action;

Perform a function;

Give a performance (of something);

Get (something) done;