Consummate vs. Perfect
Difference Between Consummate and Perfect
Consummateadjective
Complete in every detail, perfect, absolute.
Perfectadjective
Fitting its definition precisely.
a perfect circleConsummateadjective
Highly skilled and experienced; fully qualified.
a consummate sergeantPerfectadjective
Having all of its parts in harmony with a common purpose.
That bucket with the hole in the bottom is a poor bucket, but it is perfect for watering plants.Consummateverb
(transitive) To bring (a task, project, goal etc.) to completion; to accomplish.
Perfectadjective
Without fault or mistake; thoroughly skilled or talented.
Practice makes perfect.Consummateverb
(transitive) To make perfect, achieve, give the finishing touch.
Perfectadjective
Excellent and delightful in all respects.
a perfect dayConsummateverb
(transitive) To make (a marriage) complete by engaging in first sexual intercourse.
After the reception, he escorted her to the honeymoon suite to consummate their marriage.Perfectadjective
Representing a completed action.
Consummateverb
(intransitive) To become perfected, receive the finishing touch.
Perfectadjective
(biology) Sexually mature and fully differentiated.
Consummateverb
of marriages
Perfectadjective
(botany) Of flowers, having both male (stamens) and female (carpels) parts.
Consummateverb
make perfect; bring to perfection
Perfectadjective
(analysis) Of a set, that it is equal to its set of limit points, i.e. set A is perfect if A=A'.
Consummateadjective
having or revealing supreme mastery or skill;
a consummate artistconsummate skilla masterful speakermasterful techniquea masterly performance of the sonataa virtuoso performancePerfectadjective
(music) Describing an interval or any compound interval of a unison, octave, or fourths and fifths that are not tritones.
Consummateadjective
perfect and complete in every respect; having all necessary qualities;
a complete gentlemanconsummate happinessa consummate performancePerfectadjective
(of a cocktail) Made with equal parts of sweet and dry vermouth.
a perfect Manhattan;a perfect Rob RoyConsummateadjective
without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers;
an arrant foola complete cowarda consummate foola double-dyed villaingross negligencea perfect idiotpure follywhat a sodding messstark staring mada thoroughgoing villainutter nonsensePerfectadjective
(obsolete) Well informed; certain; sure.
Perfectnoun
(grammar) The perfect tense, or a form in that tense.
Perfectnoun
(video games) A perfect score; the achievement of finishing a stage or task with no mistakes.
Perfectverb
(transitive) To make perfect; to improve or hone.
I am going to perfect this article.You spend too much time trying to perfect your dancing.Perfectverb
(legal) To take an action, usually the filing of a document in the correct venue, that secures a legal right.
perfect an appeal; perfect an interest; perfect a judgmentPerfectnoun
a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect)
Perfectverb
make perfect or complete;
perfect your French in Paris!Perfectadjective
being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish;
a perfect circlea perfect reproductionperfect happinessperfect mannersa perfect specimena perfect dayPerfectadjective
without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers;
an arrant foola complete cowarda consummate foola double-dyed villaingross negligencea perfect idiotpure follywhat a sodding messstark staring mada thoroughgoing villainutter nonsensePerfectadjective
precisely accurate or exact;
perfect timing
