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Implement vs Achievement - What's the difference?

implement | achievement |

As nouns the difference between implement and achievement

is that implement is a tool or instrument for working with while achievement is the act of achieving or performing; a successful performance; accomplishment.

As a verb implement

is to bring about; to put into practice.

implement

Etymology 1

From .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A tool or instrument for working with.
  • They carried an assortment of gardening implements in the truck.
  • * 1900 , Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams'', ''Avon Books , (translated by James Strachey) pg. 234:
  • A man dreamt as follows: He saw two boys struggling—barrel-maker’s boys, to judge by the implements lying around.
    Synonyms
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    Etymology 2

    From Scottish English or (etyl)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to bring about; to put into practice
  • It’s a good thought, but it will be a difficult thing to implement .
  • to carry out; to do
  • Usage notes
    * Objects: plan, programme, strategy, policy, agreement, order, specification, etc.
    Derived terms
    * implementable * implementation * implementer

    achievement

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of achieving or performing; a successful performance; accomplishment
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
  • , title=(The China Governess) , chapter=1 citation , passage=The original family who had begun to build a palace to rival Nonesuch had died out before they had put up little more than the gateway, so that the actual structure which had come down to posterity retained the secret magic of a promise rather than the overpowering splendour of a great architectural achievement .}}
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2012, month=March-April
  • , author= , title=Well-connected Brains , volume=100, issue=2, page=171 , magazine=(American Scientist) citation , passage=Creating a complete map of the human connectome would therefore be a monumental milestone but not the end of the journey to understanding how our brains work. The achievement will transform neuroscience and serve as the starting point for asking questions we could not otherwise have answered, […].}}
  • A great or heroic deed or feat; something accomplished by valor or boldness
  • * [The exploits] of the ancient saints do far surpass the most famous achievements of pagan heroes. - (Isaac Barrow)
  • * The highest achievements of the human intellect. - (Thomas Babington Macaulay)
  • (heraldry) An escutcheon or ensign armorial; now generally applied to the funeral shield commonly called hatchment.
  • (video games) An award for completing a particular task or meeting an objective in a video game.