Accomplishment vs Success - What's the difference?
accomplishment | success |
The act of accomplishing; entire performance; completion; fulfillment; as, the accomplishment of an enterprise, of a prophecy, etc.
That which completes, perfects, or equips thoroughly; acquirement; attainment; that which constitutes excellence of mind, or elegance of manners, acquired by education or training.
* My new accomplishment of dancing. -
* Accomplishments befitting a station. -
* Accomplishments have taken virtue's place, / And wisdom falls before exterior grace. -
Something accomplished; an achievement.
(obsolete) Something which happens as a consequence; the outcome or result.
* 1644 , (John Milton), Aeropagitica :
The achievement of one's aim or goal.
(business) financial profitability.
One who, or that which, achieves assumed goals.
The fact of getting or achieving wealth, respect, or fame.
As nouns the difference between accomplishment and success
is that accomplishment is the act of accomplishing; entire performance; completion; fulfillment; as, the accomplishment of an enterprise, of a prophecy, etc while success is something which happens as a consequence; the outcome or result.As a proper noun Success is
a town in Arkansas.accomplishment
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* successe (archaic)Noun
- I suppose them as at the beginning of no meane endeavour, not a little alter'd and mov'd inwardly in their mindes: Some with doubt of what will be the successe , others with fear of what will be the censure; some with hope, others with confidence of what they have to speake.
- His third attempt to pass the entrance exam was a success .
- Don't let success go to your head.
- Scholastically, he was a success .
- The new range of toys has been a resounding success .
- She is country music's most recent success .