Performance and Success

Performance

Performance noun - A presentation of an artistic work (as a piece of music) from a particular point of view.

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Success and performance are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Success" instead a noun "Performance".

Success noun - A successful result brought about by hard work.

Usage example: a long list of successes that the retiring president of the college can point to with pride

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Performance and success are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Performance" instead a noun "Success".

good	good performance	good success
musical	musical performance	musical success
best	best performance	best success
better	better performance	better success
Other adjectives: similar, exceptional, complete, actual, big, great, early, amazing, greater, solo, recent, commercial.

Unless they've checked Wikipedia or paid close attention during the performance, any random person would likely think it was written by Kurt Cobain; it had previously been a success for Leadbelly, and his wasn't the first version either.

Source: Adaptation Displacement
Then it came out and, to everyone's surprise, turned out to be a critical success, with a groundbreaking performance by Andy Serkis, as well as a commercial success, bringing hope back to the series.

Source: And You Thought It Would Fail
The Avatar's attempts at cooking, which meet with... varying levels of success, a Mythology Gag to the previous Avatar's similarly lackluster performance in the kitchen.

Source: Funny / Fire Emblem Awakening

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