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Pert vs Cocket - What's the difference?

pert | cocket |

As an acronym pert

is (operations) p'rogram '''e'''valuation and '''r'''eview ' t echnique]], a method for diagramming and [[analyze|analyzing the flow of dependent tasks and other events in a project.

As a noun cocket is

(uk|obsolete) a document issued by the bond office stating that duty has been paid and goods may be sold.

As an adjective cocket is

(obsolete) pert; saucy.

pert

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Attractive (of a person); well-formed, shapely (of a part of the body).
  • Lively; alert and cheerful; bright.
  • * 1594 , William Shakespeare, , Act 1, Scene 1:
    • "Go Philostrate, Stirre vp the Athenian youth to merriments, Awake the pert and nimble spirit of mirth"
  • * 2009 , Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall , Fourth Estate 2010, p. 333:
    • "You'll not be so pert when the Cornish seize you. They spit children like you and roast them on bonfires."
  • (obsolete) Open; evident; unhidden; apert.
    • (Piers Plowman)

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * pertly * pertness

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To behave with pertness.

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    cocket

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (UK, obsolete) a document issued by the bond office stating that duty has been paid and goods may be sold.
  • (UK, obsolete) An office in a customhouse where goods intended for export are entered.
  • (obsolete) A measure for bread.
    • (Blount)
    Derived terms
    * cocket writer

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) .

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) pert; saucy
    • (Halliwell)
    (Webster 1913)