Chore vs Performance - What's the difference?
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A task, especially a difficult, unpleasant, or routine one.
(US, dated) To do chores.
(British, informal) To steal.
The act of performing; carrying into execution or action; execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation by action.
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, passage=Charles had not been employed above six months at Darracott Place, but he was not such a whopstraw as to make the least noise in the performance of his duties when his lordship was out of humour.}}
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.
A live show or concert.
(computer science) The amount of useful work accomplished by a computer system compared to the time and resources used.
As nouns the difference between chore and performance
is that chore is a task, especially a difficult, unpleasant, or routine one while performance is the act of performing; carrying into execution or action; execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation by action.As a verb chore
is to do chores.chore
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) ). See also char .Noun
(chores)- Washing dishes is a chore , but we cannot just stop eating.
