Difference between Clear and Perfect

What is the difference between Clear and Perfect?

Clear as an adjective is completely transparent in colour while Perfect as an adjective is fitting its definition precisely.

Clear

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Completely transparent in colour Bright, not dark or obscured. Free of obstacles. Without clouds. Free of ambiguity or doubt. Free of guilt, or suspicion. The sky is said to be clear, when less than one eighth of its area is obscured by clouds. Without a thickening ingredient.

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: All the way; entirely. Not near something or touching it.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To remove obstructions or impediments. To eliminate ambiguity or doubt from a matter; to clarify; especially, to clear up. To remove from suspicion; especially of having committed a crime To pass without interference; to miss. To become clear. Of a check or financial transaction, to go through as payment; to be processed so that the money is transferred. To earn a profit of; to net. To obtain permission to use (a sample of copyrighted audio) in another track.

Example sentence: There's no pillow as soft as a clear conscience.

Perfect

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Fitting its definition precisely.Having all of its parts in harmony with a common purpose.Thoroughly skilled or talented.Excellent and delightful in all respects.(of a tense or verb form) Representing a completed action.Sexually mature and fully differentiated.Having both male (stamens) and female (carpels) parts.Of a set, that it is equal to its set of limit points, i.e. set A is perfect if A=A'.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To make perfect; to improve or hone.To take an action, usually the filing of a document in the correct venue, that secures a legal right.

Example sentence: Nothing is perfect. Life is messy. Relationships are complex. Outcomes are uncertain. People are irrational.

We hope you now know whether to use Clear or Perfect in your sentence.

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