Jon Stewart announced his final guests on The Daily Show Thursday night, before wrapping his second-to-last week hosting the satirical news program. Stewart has anchored the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning show since 1999.
(plural achievements) 1  The act of achieving or performing; an obtaining by exertion; successful performance; accomplishment; as, the achievement of his/her object. 2  A great or heroic deed; something accomplished by valor, boldness, or praiseworthy exertion; a feat.
To excel is to achieve a level higher than another or others: excelled the other speakers in wit and eloquence. To surpass is to go beyond another in performance, quality, or degree: a marathoner who surpassed his previous record; a picture quality that far surpassed that of earlier models.