Beat
Beat noun - A hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument.
Performance and beat are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Performance" instead a noun "Beat".
Performance
Performance noun - A presentation of an artistic work (as a piece of music) from a particular point of view.
Beat and performance are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Beat" instead a noun "Performance".
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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Grace Holloway is called in (from a performance of Madame Butterfly, where she was weeping tenderly, while on call) to check out why the man seems to have a double-speed heart beat.
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Kaoru manages a pretty impressive performance in the Kyoto Arc, and manages to beat Kamatari Honjo with the broken handle of her bokken.
Source: Wooden Katanas Are Even Better -
Shiraitodai was hyped up to be the "final boss" of the Nationals, and the team to beat for Kiyosumi; like Ryuumonbuchi, however, their actual performance has been anything but stellar.
Source: Manga / Saki
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Performance and Beat. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/beat/performance
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Performance or Beat. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/beat/performance.
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