“This bug will perpetrate bad data through the database.”
Confusables Entry 277 / 1011 60-second read
Perpetrate vs. Perpetuate
Committing a crime versus making something continue indefinitely.
The comparisoni
“This bug will perpetuate bad data through the database.”
More examplesii
01
We shouldn't perpetuate these bad coding habits.
We shouldn't perpetuate these bad coding habits.
02
They intended to perpetuate a heist.
They intended to perpetrate a heist.
The ruleiii
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PERPETRATE = to commit a harmful or illegal act.
They share the same prefix and have similar lengths, but one is about an event while the other is about duration.
Memory aidiv
Remember it like this
Perpetr-A-te is for an A-ct (usually bad). Perpet-U-ate is for U-nending.