Performance vs Demonstration - What's the difference?
performance | demonstration |
The act of performing; carrying into execution or action; execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation by action.
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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.
The act of demonstrating; showing or explaining something.
An event at which something will be demonstrated.
A public display of group opinion.
A show of military force.
A mathematical proof.
* , s.v. Thomas Hobbes:
As nouns the difference between performance and demonstration
is that performance is the act of performing; carrying into execution or action; execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation by action while demonstration is the act of demonstrating; showing or explaining something.performance
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Alternative forms
* performaunceNoun
(en noun)Usage notes
* Adjectives often applied to "performance": high, poor, improved, superior, excellent, good, peak, top, optimal, low, economic, academic, financial, musical, human, environmental, vocal, cognitive, dynamic, organizational, historical, physical, social, mechanical, electrical, mental, macroeconomic.Derived terms
* command performanceHyponyms
* play * show * movie * concertdemonstration
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Noun
(en noun)- I have to give a demonstration to the class tomorrow, and I'm ill-prepared.
- He read the proposition. So he reads the demonstration of it, which referred him back to such a proposition,; which proposition he read.