perpetrate vs perpetuate
Definitions
verb
- perform an act, usually with a negative connotation
Examples
I can't begin to describe the horrors being perpetrated by the DJ's, their insistent attempts to incite a conga line, or the, um, "dancing" of the patrons who -- despite clearly being the offspring and younger relatives that the publisher folks had passed on their tickets to -- managed to make your dad's elbow-jiggle and hip-shoogle look like The Moves Of The Groove.
We are often obliged to report on mayhem and savage behaviour perpetrated by thugs who are barely out of rompers.
But whatever means they find to perpetrate this assault they must be opposed for the warmongers they are.
Definitions
verb
- cause to continue or prevail
Examples
His appeal may lie in the disparity between the image projected in his interviews and the image perpetuated in his records.
The divisions found in and between the diwan, sarishtadar, and mirza categories were often created and perpetuated by the individuals and alliances operating in the political realm, i.e., among the officials and office-holders who were both the instigators and targets of the audits.
But the economic aims of the MFA guild would be unrealizable without its social aims, which perpetuate solidarity.
