Perform vs. Preform

Performverb

To do something; to execute.

Performverb

To do something in front of an audience, often in order to entertain it.

Performverb

To carry through; to bring to completion; to achieve; to accomplish; to execute; to do.

Performverb

To discharge; to fulfill; to act up to; as, to perform a duty; to perform a promise or a vow.

Performverb

To represent; to act; to play; as in drama.

Performverb

To do, execute, or accomplish something; to acquit one's self in any business; esp., to represent sometimes by action; to act a part; to play on a musical instrument; as, the players perform poorly; the musician performs on the organ.

Performverb

carry out or perform an action;

Performverb

perform a function;

Performverb

give a performance (of something);

Performverb

get (something) done;

Performverb

carry out, accomplish, or fulfil (an action, task, or function)

Performverb

work, function, or do something well or to a specified standard

Performverb

have successful or satisfactory sexual intercourse with someone

Performverb

present (a form of entertainment) to an audience

Performverb

entertain an audience, typically by acting, singing, or dancing on stage

Preformnoun

An object that has undergone preliminary shaping but is not yet in its final form.

Preformnoun

(archaeology) The rough, incomplete and unused basic form of a stone tool.

Preformnoun

(linguistics) A word that is no longer in use, but has been reconstructed from current ones.

Preformverb

To shape something before some other operation.

Preformverb

To form beforehand, or for special ends.

Preformverb

form into a shape resembling the final, desired one

Preformverb

form or shape beforehand or determine the shape of beforehand

Preformverb

form (something) beforehand