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Perp vs Pert - What's the difference?

perp | pert |

As a noun perp

is (slang|law enforcement) perpetrator.

As an adjective perp

is (architecture).

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.

perp

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (slang, law enforcement) Perpetrator.
    • "We have the perp in custody," the policeman said.

    Derived terms

    * perp walk

    Adjective

  • (architecture)
    • a perp window

    Anagrams

    * English clippings

    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

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