Achievement vs. Progress

Achievement vs. Progress — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Achievement and Progress

Achievementnoun

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

Progressnoun

Movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time; development through time.

Testing for the new antidote is currently in progress.

Achievementnoun

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

Progressnoun

Specifically, advancement to a higher or more developed state; development, growth.

Science has made extraordinary progress in the last fifty years.

Achievementnoun

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

Progressnoun

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

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Achievementnoun

(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.

Progressnoun

A journey forward; travel.

Achievementnoun

the action of accomplishing something

Progressnoun

Movement onwards or forwards or towards a specific objective or direction; advance.

The thick branches overhanging the path made progress difficult.

Progressverb

(intransitive) to move, go, or proceed forward; to advance.

They progress through the museum.

Progressverb

(intransitive) to improve; to become better or more complete.

Societies progress unevenly.
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Progressverb

(transitive) To move (something) forward; to advance, to expedite.

Progressnoun

gradual improvement or growth or development;

advancement of knowledgegreat progress in the arts

Progressnoun

the act of moving forward toward a goal

Progressnoun

a movement forward;

he listened for the progress of the troops

Progressverb

develop in a positive way;

He progressed well in schoolMy plants are coming alongPlans are shaping up

Progressverb

move forward, also in the metaphorical sense;

Time marches on

Progressverb

form or accumulate steadily;

Resistance to the manager's plan built up quicklyPressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border