Perk vs Asset - What's the difference?
perk | asset |
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.
Something or someone of any value; any portion of one's property or effects so considered.
(software) Any component, model, process or framework of value that can be leveraged or reused.
(espionage) intelligence asset
As nouns the difference between perk and asset
is that perk is {{cx|informal|lang=en}} Perquisite while asset is something or someone of any value; any portion of one's property or effects so considered.As a verb perk
is shortened form of percolate.As an adjective perk
is smart; trim; spruce; jaunty; vain.As a proper noun ASSET is
initialism of Association of Supervisory Staffs, Executives and Technicians|lang=en.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)
Derived terms
* perk up * perkyEtymology 4
The origin is .asset
English
(wikipedia asset)Noun
(en noun)- These shares are a valuable asset .
