Percolator vs Perk - What's the difference?
percolator | perk | Derived terms |
A device used to brew coffee by passing boiling water through coffee grounds
* 1986 , , Penguin, paperback edition, page 176
To become more lively or enthusiastic.
To exalt oneself; to bear oneself loftily.
* Barrow
To make trim or smart; to straighten up; to erect; to make a jaunty or saucy display of.
Perk is a derived term of percolator.
As nouns the difference between percolator and perk
is that percolator is a device used to brew coffee by passing boiling water through coffee grounds while perk is {{cx|informal|lang=en}} Perquisite.As a verb perk is
shortened form of percolate.As an adjective perk is
smart; trim; spruce; jaunty; vain.percolator
English
Noun
(en noun) (wikipedia percolator)- She heard the percolator bell ring.
Derived terms
* perk ----perk
English
Etymology 1
From perquisite, by abbreviation.Alternative forms
* (l) (less common)Etymology 2
From percolate (verb) and percolator (noun), by abbreviation.Etymology 3
The origin is .Verb
(en verb)- to perk over them
- to perk''' the ears; to '''perk up one's head
- (Cowper)
- (Sherburne)