different between practice vs performance

English

Etymology

See practise.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?ækt?s/

Noun

practice (usually uncountable, plural practices)

1. Repetition of an activity to improve a skill.

   Synonyms: rehearsal, drill, dry run, exercise, training, trial, workout

2. An organized event for the purpose of performing such repetition.

3. (uncountable, especially medicine, art) The ongoing pursuit of a craft or profession, particularly in medicine or the fine arts.
   • 2016, Raphael Vella, Artist-Teachers in Context: International Dialogues, Springer (?ISBN), page 53

     Which is the most demanding? I think that my practice as an artist is 'stronger' because it is the practice that best fuels and balances myself and that generates new knowledge for my other work as both arts educator and creative arts therapist.

4. (countable) A place where a professional service is provided, such as a general practice.

   Synonym: general practice

5. The observance of religious duties that a church requires of its members.
6. A customary action, habit, or behaviour; a manner or routine.

   Synonyms: custom, habit, pattern, routine, wont, wone

7. Actual operation or experiment, in contrast to theory.

   Antonym: theory

8. (law) The form, manner, and order of conducting and carrying on suits and prosecutions through their various stages, according to the principles of law and the rules laid down by the courts.

9. Skilful or artful management; dexterity in contrivance or the use of means; stratagem; artifice.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)

10. (mathematics) A easy and concise method of applying the rules of arithmetic to questions which occur in trade and business.

Usage notes

British, Canadian, Australian, and New Zealand English spelling distinguishes between practice (noun) and practise (verb), analogously with advice/advise. In American English, the spelling practice is commonly used for both noun and verb.

Derived terms

Related terms

• practic
• practicable
• practical
• practitioner

Translations

Verb

practice (third-person singular simple present practices, present participle practicing, simple past and past participle practiced)

1. (US) Alternative spelling of practise

Derived terms

• practiced
• practicing

Further reading

• practice on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?prak.ti.ke/, [?p?äkt??k?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?prak.ti.t??e/, [?p??kt?it???]

Adjective

practice

1. vocative masculine singular of practicus

English

Alternative forms

• performaunce (obsolete)

Etymology

perform +? -ance

Pronunciation

• enPR: p?r-fôr?-m?ns, IPA^(key): /p??.?f??.m?ns/
  • (UK) IPA^(key): [p?.?f??.m?ns]
  • (US) IPA^(key): [p?.?f??.m?ns]
• Hyphenation: per?for?mance

Noun

performance (countable and uncountable, plural performances)

1. The act of performing; carrying into execution or action; execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation by action.
2. 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.
3. (art) A live show or concert.
4. The amount of useful work accomplished estimated in terms of time needed, resources used, etc.

5. (linguistics) The actual use of language in concrete situations by native speakers of a language, as opposed to the system of linguistic knowledge they possess (competence), cf. w:linguistic performance.

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.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

• high-performance
• low-performance
• performance art

Related terms

• performant

Descendants

Translations

References

• performance at OneLook Dictionary Search
• performance in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• performance in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Catalan

Etymology

From English performance.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /per?f?rm?ns/

Noun

performance f (plural performances)

1. performance (a live show or concert)

Further reading

• “performance” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.

References

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English performance.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??.f??.m??s/
• Rhymes: -??s

Noun

performance f (plural performances)

1. (sports) performance

Further reading

• “performance” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English performance.

Noun

performance f (invariable)

1. performance

Synonyms

• (the act of performing) esecuzione
• (accomplishment) prestazione, rendimento
• (show) esibizione

Further reading

• performance in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• perfórmance (uncommon)

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pe?.?f??.m??.si/

Etymology

Borrowed from English performance.

Noun

performance f (plural performances)

1. performance (amount of useful work accomplished by someone or something)

   Synonym: desempenho

Further reading

• “performance” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English performance.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pe??fo?mans/, [pe??fo?.mãns]

Noun

performance f (plural performances)

1. performance art
2. performance (amount of useful work accomplished)

Further reading

• “performance” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.