The difference between Fallible and Imperfect
When used as adjectives, fallible means capable of making mistakes or being wrong, whereas imperfect means not perfect.
Imperfect is also noun with the meaning: something having a minor flaw.
Imperfect is also verb with the meaning: to make imperfect.
check bellow for the other definitions of Fallible and Imperfect
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Fallible as an adjective:
Capable of making mistakes or being wrong.
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Imperfect as an adjective:
not perfect
Examples:
"synonyms: defective fallible faultful"
"ant faultless infallible perfect"
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Imperfect as an adjective (botany):
unisexual: having either male (with stamens) or female (with pistil) flowers, but not with both.
Examples:
"ant perfect"
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Imperfect as an adjective (taxonomy):
known or expected to be polyphyletic, as of a form taxon.
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Imperfect as an adjective (obsolete):
lacking some elementary organ that is essential to successful or normal activity.
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Imperfect as an adjective (grammar):
belonging to a tense of verbs used in describing a past action that is incomplete or continuous
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Imperfect as a noun:
something having a minor flaw
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Imperfect as a noun (grammar):
a tense of verbs used in describing a past action that is incomplete or continuous
Examples:
"synonyms: preterimperfect"
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Imperfect as a verb (transitive):
to make imperfect