Perk vs Benefits - What's the difference?
perk | benefits |
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.
As nouns the difference between perk and benefits
is that perk is perquisite or perk can be a percolator, particularly of coffee while benefits is .As verbs the difference between perk and benefits
is that perk is shortened form of percolate or perk can be to become more lively or enthusiastic or perk can be (dated) to peer; to look inquisitively while benefits is (benefit).As an adjective perk
is smart; trim; spruce; jaunty; vain.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
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- (Sherburne)