Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is lesson 111. Today we're going to look at the
difference between accomplishment and achievement. Yeah students will sometimes
ask me what's the difference between these two and they are similar. There
might be a little bit of crossover but of course my job here is to show you
when you clearly are much more likely to use one than the other. All right, so
let's look at accomplishment first. Let's look at the definition. Something you
have done that required a lot of work skill or effort. All right, let's look at the
notes because the notes here are very important. Notes are often
accomplishments are often tasks that have been assigned to you or given for
you to do Achievements tend to be more personal
goals or aims. Okay so accomplishments are more likely
to be like everyday things either at work or at home
that you did a good job on. That took a lot of work but that you did a good job
on so home and work. Achievements are more personal goals or aims so they're
probably going to be longer term things that you do something that's going to
take a lot more effort in the long run because it's going to take you a lot longer
to do it's not an achievement it's usually not something you do in one day
or two days. In general accomplishments could often be used for your daily chores
or things that are your responsibilities to do. So achievements are things you
do very well that are more prestigious, Things that you are more likely to take
pride in or that others admire you for. Yeah so so it's a higher level it's like
somebody said wow amazing you did that? Wow ! Something like that
okay so achievements are more likely to be reached goals or milestones in one's
life. So yeah so clearly your achievements usually take longer they
are more like lifelong goals of getting to. Usually a lot more effort
for spread over a longer period of time. Things that you don't kind of do on a daily
basis at home work work or more likely to be the accomplishments. All right, so let's
look at the examples number one I was able to get our work project done a week
before the deadline. All right that's what A said B says that was quite an
accomplishment yeah it probably still took a lot of work
probably still took a lot of effort but it's not something that you know people
will probably remember like many years from now It'll just be one of just many
projects that you probably have to do at work.
So you're a little more likely to use accomplishment here I was able to clean
every room in the house today by myself that is not an easy accomplishment. Yeah
again it's it's you know the chores it's a daily thing it did take a lot of hard
work but you know you're probably not going to get a lot of people admiring you
for it. It' not really a lifelong goal. Okay Let's look at the
third one. Bob was able to graduate from university with a 4.0 GPA that's a real
achievement. Yeah well first of all it would have taken him four years to do it
and he that would mean that he had to get an A in every single subject for
four years. Very few people do this so that would definitely go under more like
an achievement. Okay let's look at the next one. That businessman was able to make his first
million by the age of 25. Yes so so that's an achievement worth imitating.
Yeah, so not many people do it. Then you probably will get
some people jealous of you for this but it is a it's a goal, Let's look at the
last one. That scientists had the achievement of finding a cure for this
disease. All right , so I hope that gives you a
little bit more feel of when we should use one or the other
accomplishment will probably be used a little bit more often a little bit more
with the daily things that we have to do that still takes a lot of work and
still takes some skill but not as much as an achievement.
Achievement sounds like something that took you a lot longer to prepare for or
practice or build up to do and something that again people are usually more proud
of. Okay well I hope that clarifies it for you, Thank you for your time bye-bye