The difference between Improve and Perfect
When used as verbs, improve means to make (something) better, whereas perfect means to make perfect.
Perfect is also noun with the meaning: the perfect tense, or a form in that tense.
Perfect is also adjective with the meaning: fitting its definition precisely.
check bellow for the other definitions of Improve and Perfect
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Improve as a verb (transitive):
To make (something) better; to increase the value or productivity (of something).
Examples:
"Painting the woodwork will improve this house."
"Buying more servers would improve performance."
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Improve as a verb (intransitive):
To become better.
Examples:
"I have improved since taking the tablets."
"The error messages have improved since the last version, when they were incomprehensible."
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Improve as a verb (obsolete):
To disprove or make void; to refute.
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Improve as a verb (obsolete):
To disapprove of; to find fault with; to reprove; to censure.
Examples:
"to improve negligence"
"rfquotek Chapman"
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Improve as a verb (dated):
To use or employ to good purpose; to turn to profitable account.
Examples:
"to improve one's time;  to improve his means"
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Perfect as an adjective:
Fitting its definition precisely.
Examples:
"a perfect circle"
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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."
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Perfect as an adjective:
Without fault or mistake; thoroughly skilled or talented.
Examples:
"Practice makes perfect."
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Perfect as an adjective:
Excellent and delightful in all respects.
Examples:
"a perfect day"
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Perfect as an adjective (grammar, of a tense or verb form):
Representing a completed action.
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Perfect as an adjective (biology):
Sexually mature and fully differentiated.
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Perfect as an adjective (botany):
Of flowers, having both male (stamens) and female (carpels) parts.
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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'.
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Perfect as an adjective (music):
Describing an interval or any compound interval of a unison, octave, or fourths and fifths that are not tritones.
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Perfect as an adjective (of a [[cocktail]]):
Made with equal parts of sweet and dry vermouth.
Examples:
"a perfect Manhattan;  a perfect Rob Roy"
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Perfect as an adjective (obsolete):
Well informed; certain; sure.
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Perfect as a noun (grammar):
The perfect tense, or a form in that tense.
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Perfect as a noun (video games):
A perfect score; the achievement of finishing a stage or task with no mistakes.
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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."
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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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