Accomplishment vs. Achievement

##Accomplishment

Any prestigious or challenging project, when completed with aplomb by a worker or an employee is referred to as an accomplishment. For a man, cleaning the house may be an accomplishment and he may feel proud of his completed task whereas this may be nothing more than daily chores for a housewife. In general, accomplishment is a feeling of satisfaction and pride that one may feel when he performs a job or task that may be considered hard or difficult. It often becomes difficult for a person when filling out the form when applying for a job when he is asked to write about his achievements in one section while he is required to mention his accomplishments too. For a common man, being able to build a home for the family is an accomplishment, of which he may feel proud. No job or task is too big or small to be termed as an accomplishment. If Mahatma Gandhi brought the British to their knees, making them treat Indians with dignity and equality first in South Africa and then in India, his efforts would qualify as accomplishments and not achievements.

##Achievement

Passing an exam or getting a degree is an achievement. This is why a resume is full of academic and career achievements to impress the prospective employer. You set out goals for yourself in life, whether educational or professional, and completing or touching these goals is considered as achievements by you. All people take pride in listing their achievements whenever they get an audience or an opportunity to speak at a platform. This is true of an engineer boasting about his efforts in increasing the revenues of the company or a minister drawing attention to her efforts in increasing the participation of people in the activities of the church.

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