The difference between Consummate and Perfect

When used as verbs, consummate means to bring (a task, project, goal etc.) to completion, whereas perfect means to make perfect.

When used as adjectives, consummate means complete in every detail, perfect, absolute, whereas perfect means fitting its definition precisely.

Perfect is also noun with the meaning: the perfect tense, or a form in that tense.

check bellow for the other definitions of Consummate and Perfect

  1. Consummate as an adjective:

    Complete in every detail, perfect, absolute.

  2. Consummate as an adjective:

    Highly skilled and experienced; fully qualified.

  1. Consummate as a verb (transitive):

    To bring (a task, project, goal etc.) to completion; to accomplish.

  2. Consummate as a verb (transitive):

    To make perfect, achieve, give the finishing touch.

  3. Consummate as a verb (transitive):

    To make (a marriage) complete by engaging in first sexual intercourse.

    Examples:

    "After the reception, he escorted her to the honeymoon suite to consummate their marriage."

  4. Consummate as a verb (intransitive):

    To become perfected, receive the finishing touch.

  1. Perfect as an adjective:

    Fitting its definition precisely.

    Examples:

    "a perfect circle"

  2. Perfect as an adjective:

    Having all of its parts in harmony with a common purpose.

    Examples:

    "That bucket with the hole in the bottom is a poor bucket, but it is perfect for watering plants."

  3. Perfect as an adjective:

    Without fault or mistake; thoroughly skilled or talented.

    Examples:

    "Practice makes perfect."

  4. Perfect as an adjective:

    Excellent and delightful in all respects.

    Examples:

    "a perfect day"

  5. Perfect as an adjective (grammar, of a tense or verb form):

    Representing a completed action.

  6. Perfect as an adjective (biology):

    Sexually mature and fully differentiated.

  7. Perfect as an adjective (botany):

    Of flowers, having both male (stamens) and female (carpels) parts.

  8. Perfect as an adjective (analysis):

    Of a set, that it is equal to its set of limit points, i.e. set A is perfect if A=A'.

  9. Perfect as an adjective (music):

    Describing an interval or any compound interval of a unison, octave, or fourths and fifths that are not tritones.

  10. Perfect as an adjective (of a [[cocktail]]):

    Made with equal parts of sweet and dry vermouth.

    Examples:

    "a perfect Manhattan;  a perfect Rob Roy"

  11. Perfect as an adjective (obsolete):

    Well informed; certain; sure.

  1. Perfect as a noun (grammar):

    The perfect tense, or a form in that tense.

  2. Perfect as a noun (video games):

    A perfect score; the achievement of finishing a stage or task with no mistakes.

  1. Perfect as a verb (transitive):

    To make perfect; to improve or hone.

    Examples:

    "I am going to perfect this article."

    "You spend too much time trying to perfect your dancing."

  2. Perfect as a verb (legal):

    To take an action, usually the filing of a document in the correct venue, that secures a legal right.

    Examples:

    "perfect an appeal''; ''perfect an interest''; ''perfect a judgment"

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