Pert vs Curt – What’s the difference?

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Pert vs Curt - What's the difference?
As an acronym pert is (operations) p’rogram ”’e”’valuation and ”’r”’eview ‘ t echnique]], a method for diagramming and [[analyze|analyzing the flow of dependent tasks and other events in a project.

As a proper noun curt is a short form of the male given name curtis.

pert

English

Adjective

(er)

  • Attractive (of a person); well-formed, shapely (of a part of the body).
  • Lively; alert and cheerful; bright.
  • * 1594 , William Shakespeare, , Act 1, Scene 1:
    • “Go Philostrate, Stirre vp the Athenian youth to merriments, Awake the pert and nimble spirit of mirth”
  • * 2009 , Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall , Fourth Estate 2010, p. 333:
    • “You’ll not be so pert when the Cornish seize you. They spit children like you and roast them on bonfires.”
  • (obsolete) Open; evident; unhidden; apert.
    • (Piers Plowman)

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * pertly
    * pertness

    Verb

    (en verb )

  • (obsolete) To behave with pertness.

    • Anagrams

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    curt

    English

    Adjective

    (er)

  • Brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude.
  • *
  • Short or concise.

    • Synonyms

    * (terse to the point of being rude) abrupt, blunt, brusque

    Derived terms

    * curtly
    * curtness
    * curtail

    Anagrams

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    English autological terms
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