Perfective vs. Perfect — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Perfective and Perfect
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Perfective
Tending toward perfection.
Perfect
Lacking nothing essential to the whole; complete of its nature or kind.
Perfective
(Grammar) Of, related to, or being the aspect that expresses the completion or the result of the action denoted by the verb.
Perfect
Being without defect or blemish
A perfect specimen.
Perfective
The perfective aspect.
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Perfect
Thoroughly skilled or talented in a certain field or area; proficient.
Perfective
A perfective verb form.
Perfect
Completely suited for a particular purpose or situation
She was the perfect actress for the part.
Perfective
A verb having a perfective form.
Perfect
Completely corresponding to a description, standard, or type
A perfect circle.
A perfect gentleman.
Perfective
(grammar) Of, or relative to, the perfect tense or perfective aspect.
Perfect
Accurately reproducing an original
A perfect copy of the painting.
Perfective
(obsolete) Tending to make perfect, or to bring to perfection.
Perfect
Complete; thorough; utter
A perfect fool.
Perfective
(grammar) A perfective verb form.
Perfect
Pure; undiluted; unmixed
Perfect red.
Perfective
Tending or conducing to make perfect, or to bring to perfection; - usually followed by of.
Actions perfective of their natures.
Perfect
Excellent and delightful in all respects
A perfect day.
Perfective
A tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect)
Perfect
(Botany) Having both stamens and pistils in the same flower; monoclinous.
Perfective
The aspect of a verb that expresses a completed completed action
Perfect
Capable of sexual reproduction. Used of fungi.
Perfect
(Grammar) Of, relating to, or constituting a verb form expressing action completed prior to a fixed point of reference in time.
Perfect
(Music) Designating the three basic intervals of the octave, fourth, and fifth.
Perfect
(Grammar) The aspect of a verb that expresses action completed prior to a fixed point of reference in time.
Perfect
A verb or verb form having this aspect.
Perfect
To bring to perfection or completion
Perfected the technique to isolate the virus.
Perfect
Fitting its definition precisely.
A perfect circle
Perfect
Having all of its parts in harmony with a common purpose.
That bucket with the hole in the bottom is a poor bucket, but it is perfect for watering plants.
Perfect
Without fault or mistake; thoroughly skilled or talented.
Practice makes perfect.
Perfect
Excellent and delightful in all respects.
A perfect day
Perfect
(mathematics) Of a number: equal to the sum of its proper divisors.
6 is perfect because the sum of its proper divisors, 1, 2, and 3, which is 6, is equal to the number itself.
Perfect
Representing a completed action.
Perfect
(biology) Sexually mature and fully differentiated.
Perfect
(botany) Of flowers, having both male parts (stamens) and female parts (carpels).
Perfect
(analysis) Of a set: equal to its set of limit points, i.e. set A is perfect if A=A .
Perfect
(music) Describing an interval or any compound interval of a unison, octave, or fourths and fifths that are not tritones.
Perfect
(of a cocktail) Made with equal parts of sweet and dry vermouth.
A perfect Manhattan; a perfect Rob Roy
Perfect
(obsolete) Well informed; certain; sure.
Perfect
(obsolete) Innocent, guiltless.
Perfect
(grammar) The perfect tense, or a form in that tense.
Perfect
(video games) A perfect score; the achievement of finishing a stage or task with no mistakes.
Perfect
A leader of the Cathar movement.
Perfect
(transitive) To make perfect; to improve or hone.
I am going to perfect this article.
You spend too much time trying to perfect your dancing.
Perfect
(legal) To take an action, usually the filing of a document in the correct venue, that secures a legal right.
Perfect an appeal; perfect an interest; perfect a judgment
Perfect
Brought to consummation or completeness; completed; not defective nor redundant; having all the properties or qualities requisite to its nature and kind; without flaw, fault, or blemish; without error; mature; whole; pure; sound; right; correct.
My strength is made perfect in weakness.
Three glorious suns, each one a perfect sun.
I fear I am not in my perfect mind.
O most entire perfect sacrifice!
God made thee perfect, not immutable.
Perfect
Well informed; certain; sure.
I am perfect that the Pannonains are now in arms.
Perfect
Hermaphrodite; having both stamens and pistils; - said of flower.
Perfect
The perfect tense, or a form in that tense.
Perfect
To make perfect; to finish or complete, so as to leave nothing wanting; to give to anything all that is requisite to its nature and kind.
God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfect in us.
Inquire into the nature and properties of the things, . . . and thereby perfect our ideas of their distinct species.
Perfect
A tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect)
Perfect
Make perfect or complete;
Perfect your French in Paris!
Perfect
Being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish;
A perfect circle
A perfect reproduction
Perfect happiness
Perfect manners
A perfect specimen
A perfect day
Perfect
Without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers;
An arrant fool
A complete coward
A consummate fool
A double-dyed villain
Gross negligence
A perfect idiot
Pure folly
What a sodding mess
Stark staring mad
A thoroughgoing villain
Utter nonsense
Perfect
Precisely accurate or exact;
Perfect timing
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