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Performed vs Enacted - What's the difference?

performed | enacted |

As verbs the difference between performed and enacted

is that performed is past tense of perform while enacted is past tense of enact.

performed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (perform)
  • Anagrams

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    perform

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To do something; to execute.
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  • To do something in front of an audience, often in order to entertain it.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Perform a part thou hast not done before.

    Derived terms

    * performance * performant * performative * performator * performer

    Anagrams

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    enacted

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (enact)

  • enact

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (legal) to make (a bill) into law
  • to act the part of; to play
  • * Shakespeare
  • I did enact Julius Caesar.
  • to do; to effect
  • * Shakespeare
  • The king enacts more wonders than a man.

    Derived terms

    * enactability * enactable * enactably * enaction * enactor

    Noun

  • (obsolete) purpose; determination
  • (Webster 1913)