Pert vs Pent - What's the difference?

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.

As an adjective pent is

confined in a pen, imprisoned.

As a verb pent is

(pen);.

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.

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pent

English

Adjective

Confined in a pen, imprisoned.

''My object all sublime

''I shall achieve in time —

''To let the punishment fit the crime —

''The punishment fit the crime;

''And make each prisoner pent

''Unwillingly represent

''A source of innocent merriment!

Of innocent merriment!'' — W.S. Gilbert, '' .

Usage notes

Use of bare "pent", as in the Gilbert quotation above, has become less common over time. (Use of "pent up" or "pent in" remains about as common.)

Verb

(head)

(pen);

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