Parch vs Perfect - What's the difference?
parch | perfect |
To burn the surface of, to scorch.
To roast, as dry grain.
* Bible, Leviticus xxiii. 14
To dry to extremity; to shrivel with heat.
(colloquial) To make thirsty.
(archaic) To boil something slowly (Still used in Lancashire in , a type of mushy peas ).
To become superficially burnt; be become sunburned.
The condition of being parched.
* 1982 , (TC Boyle), Water Music , Penguin 2006, p. 64:
Fitting its definition precisely.
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Having all of its parts in harmony with a common purpose.
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Without fault or mistake; thoroughly skilled or talented.
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Excellent and delightful in all respects.
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*:They burned the old gun that used to stand in the dark corner up in the garret, close to the stuffed fox that always grinned so fiercely. Perhaps the reason why he seemed in such a ghastly rage was that he did not come by his death fairly. Otherwise his pelt would not have been so perfect . And why else was he put away up there out of sight?—and so magnificent a brush as he had too.
Representing a completed action.
(lb) Sexually mature and fully differentiated.
(lb) Of flowers, having both male (stamens) and female (carpels) parts.
(lb) Of a set, that it is equal to its set of limit points, i.e. set A'' is perfect if ''A =A'.
(lb) Describing an interval or any compound interval of a unison, octave, or fourths and fifths that are not tritones.
(lb) Made with equal parts of sweet and dry vermouth.
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(lb) Well informed; certain; sure.
*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
*:I am perfect that the Pannonians are now in arms.
To make perfect; to improve or hone.
(legal) To take an action, usually the filing of a document in the correct venue, that secures a legal right.
In lang=en terms the difference between parch and perfect
is that parch is to become superficially burnt; be become sunburned while perfect is to make perfect; to improve or hone.As verbs the difference between parch and perfect
is that parch is to burn the surface of, to scorch while perfect is to make perfect; to improve or hone.As nouns the difference between parch and perfect
is that parch is the condition of being parched while perfect is (grammar) the perfect tense, or a form in that tense.As an adjective perfect is
fitting its definition precisely.parch
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Verb
- The sun today could parch cement.
- Ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn.
- The patient's mouth is parched from fever.
- We're parched , hon. Could you send up an ale from the cooler?
- The locals watched, amused, as the tourists parched in the sun, having neglected to apply sunscreen or bring water.
Noun
(parches)- Yet here he is, not at the head, but somewhere toward the rear of the serpentine queue wending its way through all this parch […].
perfect
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Alternative forms
*Etymology 1
From (etyl) perfit, from (etyl) parfit (modern: parfait), from (etyl) perfectus, perfect passive participle of . Spelling modified 15c. to conform Latin etymology.Adjective
(en adjective)Synonyms
* (fitting its definition precisely) accurate, flawless * (without fault or mistake) faultless, infallible * (thoroughly skilled or talented) expert, proficient * mature * bisexual, hermaphroditic * See alsoAntonyms
* (fitting its definition precisely) flawed * (without fault or mistake) faulty, faultful, fallible * imperfectDerived terms
* future perfect * nobody's perfect * past perfect * perfect number * perfect pitch * picture-perfect * pixel-perfect * practice makes perfect * present perfect * word-perfectEtymology 2
From (perfect) (adjective) or from (etyl)Verb
(en verb)- I am going to perfect this article.
- You spend too much time trying to perfect your dancing.
- perfect''' an appeal''; '''''perfect''' an interest''; '''''perfect a judgment
