inferior vs perfect

inferior

adj
  • On the side of a flower which is next to the bract. 

  • Nearer to the Sun than the Earth is. 

  • (of a court or tribunal) Susceptible to having its decisions overturned by a higher court. 

  • Lower in rank, status, or quality. 

  • Situated further below (another part of the body), a direction that in humans corresponds to caudad. 

  • Situated in a relatively low posterior or ventral position in a quadrupedal body. 

  • Situated below some other organ (said of a calyx when free from the ovary, and therefore below it, or of an ovary with an adherent and therefore inferior calyx). 

  • Of low rank, standard or quality. 

  • Denoting goods or services which are in greater demand during a recession than in a boom, for example second-hand clothes. 

  • Below the horizon. 

  • Printed in subscript. 

noun
  • An inferior letter, figure, or symbol. 

  • A person of lower rank, stature, or ability to another. 

perfect

adj
  • Of flowers, having both male parts (stamens) and female parts (carpels). 

  • Fitting its definition precisely. 

  • Having all of its parts in harmony with a common purpose. 

  • Of a number: equal to the sum of its proper divisors. 

  • Of a set: equal to its set of limit points, i.e. set A is perfect if A=A'. 

  • Sexually mature and fully differentiated. 

  • Made with equal parts of sweet and dry vermouth. 

  • Excellent and delightful in all respects. 

  • Representing a completed action. 

  • Describing an interval or any compound interval of a unison, octave, or fourths and fifths that are not tritones. 

  • Without fault or mistake; thoroughly skilled or talented. 

verb
  • To take an action, usually the filing of a document in the correct venue, that secures a legal right. 

  • To make perfect; to improve or hone. 

noun
  • A perfect score; the achievement of finishing a stage or task with no mistakes. 

  • A leader of the Cathar movement. 

  • The perfect tense, or a form in that tense. 

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