Instruct vs Perform - What's the difference?
instruct | perform |
(label) to teach by giving instructions
(label) to direct; to order (usage note : "instruct" is less forceful than "order", but weightier than "advise")
(label) arranged; furnished; provided
* Chapman
(label) instructed; taught; enlightened
To do something; to execute.
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, title= To do something in front of an audience, often in order to entertain it.
* Shakespeare
As verbs the difference between instruct and perform
is that instruct is (label) to teach by giving instructions while perform is to do something; to execute.As a noun instruct
is (label) instruction.As an adjective instruct
is (label) arranged; furnished; provided.instruct
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(en verb)Synonyms
* guideAdjective
(-)- (Milton)
perform
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- Perform a part thou hast not done before.