Difference between Perfect and Perfective

What is the difference between Perfect and Perfective?

Perfect as an adjective is fitting its definition precisely. while Perfective as an adjective is of, or relative to the perfect tense or perfective aspect.

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: To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.

Perfective

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: of, or relative to the perfect tense or perfective aspect.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: a perfective verb form

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

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