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Achievement vs. Progress

Achievement and Progress Definitions

Achievement

The process of achieving something
She devoted her life to the achievement of voting rights for women.

Progress

Forward or onward movement, as toward a destination
We made little progress on our way home because of the traffic.

Achievement

Something that has been achieved, especially by means of skill or perseverance
The discovery of antibiotics is one of the great achievements of modern medicine.

Progress

Development, advancement, or improvement, as toward a goal
The math students have shown great progress.

Achievement

The act of achieving or performing; a successful performance; accomplishment.

Progress

A ceremonial journey made by a sovereign through that sovereign's realm.
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Achievement

A great or heroic deed or feat; something accomplished by valor or boldness.

Progress

To move forward or onward
The ship progressed toward the equator.

Achievement

(heraldry) An escutcheon or ensign armorial; a full display or depiction of all the heraldic components to which the bearer of a coat of arms is entitled; a funeral shield: the hatchment.

Progress

To develop, advance, or improve
Research progressed on the new vaccine.

Achievement

(video games) An award for completing a particular task or meeting an objective in a video game.
Finishing the game does not give you a 100% score until you have unlocked all of the achievements.

Progress

To increase in scope or severity, as a disease taking an unfavorable course.
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Achievement

The lexical aspect (aktionsart) of verbs or predicates that change in an instant.

Progress

Movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time; development through time.
Testing for the new antidote is currently in progress.

Achievement

(sociology) The successful completion of a socially defined goal or task, highlighting individual or group accomplishment.

Progress

Specifically, advancement to a higher or more developed state; development, growth.
Science has made extraordinary progress in the last fifty years.

Achievement

The act of achieving or performing; an obtaining by exertion; successful performance; accomplishment; as, the achievement of his object.

Progress

An official journey made by a monarch or other high personage; a state journey, a circuit.
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Achievement

A great or heroic deed; something accomplished by valor, boldness, or praiseworthy exertion; a feat.
[The exploits] of the ancient saints . . . do far surpass the most famous achievements of pagan heroes.
The highest achievements of the human intellect.

Progress

A journey forward; travel.

Achievement

An escutcheon or ensign armorial; now generally applied to the funeral shield commonly called hatchment.

Progress

Movement onwards or forwards or towards a specific objective or direction; advance.
The thick branches overhanging the path made progress difficult.

Achievement

The action of accomplishing something

Progress

(intransitive) To move, go, or proceed forward; to advance.
Visitors progress through the museum at their own pace.

Progress

(intransitive) To develop.
Societies progress unevenly.

Progress

(by extension) To improve; to become better or more complete.

Progress

(transitive) To expedite.

Progress

A moving or going forward; a proceeding onward; an advance

Progress

A journey of state; a circuit; especially, one made by a sovereign through parts of his own dominions.
The king being returned from his progresse.

Progress

To make progress; to move forward in space; to continue onward in course; to proceed; to advance; to go on; as, railroads are progressing.
Let me wipe off this honorable dew,That silverly doth progress on thy checks.
They progress in that style in proportion as their pieces are treated with contempt.
The war had progressed for some time.

Progress

To make improvement; to advance.
If man progresses, art must progress too.

Progress

To make progress in; to pass through.

Progress

Gradual improvement or growth or development;
Advancement of knowledge
Great progress in the arts

Progress

The act of moving forward toward a goal

Progress

A movement forward;
He listened for the progress of the troops

Progress

Develop in a positive way;
He progressed well in school
My plants are coming along
Plans are shaping up

Progress

Move forward, also in the metaphorical sense;
Time marches on

Progress

Form or accumulate steadily;
Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly
Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border

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