Performative vs Performance - What's the difference?
performative | performance |
Being enacted as it is said.
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.
As nouns the difference between performative and performance
is that performative is a performative utterance while performance is the act of performing; carrying into execution or action; execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation by action.As an adjective performative
is being enacted as it is said.performative
English
(wikipedia performative)Adjective
(en adjective)- An example of a performative utterance could be, "I name this boat ''Alfred''".