Measure
Measure noun - An action planned or taken to achieve a desired result.
Performance and measure are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Performance" instead a noun "Measure".
Performance
Performance noun - A presentation of an artistic work (as a piece of music) from a particular point of view.
Measure and performance are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Measure" instead a noun "Performance".
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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Humiliation Conga: Every measure Darla takes to ruin the performance of Danny and friends at the end of the movie makes the show ten times better, and she injures herself horribly with each attempt.
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This is because clock speed is not actually a measure of performance in itself.
Source: Useful Notes / Clock Speed -
Jim Morrison fantasized about killing his father (and also knocking off Brother and Sister Morrison for good measure) in the 1967 performance piece "The End" (oh yeah, and then he raped his mother).
Source: Self-Made Orphan
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