Ritual vs Performance - What's the difference?
ritual | performance |
Related to a rite or repeated set of actions.
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 ritual and performance
is that ritual is ritual, rite while performance is performance.ritual
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Alternative forms
* rituall (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- They performed the ritual lighting of the candles.