imperfect vs past tense

imperfect

noun
  • a tense of verbs used in describing a past action that is incomplete or continuous 

  • something having a minor flaw 

verb
  • to make imperfect 

adj
  • not perfect 

  • belonging to a tense of verbs used in describing a past action that is incomplete or continuous 

  • known or expected to be polyphyletic, as of a form taxon. 

  • unisexual: having either male (with stamens) or female (with pistil) flowers, but not with both. 

past tense

noun
  • A grammatical form (often a verb form) that refers to an event, transaction, occurrence, or object that happened (or had happened), or existed, at some time before now (the applicable reference time). 

  • A grammatical form (often a verb form) that is used in a conditional expression to refer to an event, transaction, occurrence, or object that is hypothetical and often counterfactual. 

How often have the words imperfect and past tense occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )