bet vs perfecta

bet and perfecta both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bet	Yes	No	Yes	No
perfecta	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, perfecta is a hyponym of bet; that is, perfecta is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than bet:

bet: the act of gambling
perfecta: a bet that you can pick the first and second finishers in the right order

Other hyponyms of bet include daily double, exacta, parimutuel, parlay, place bet, superfecta, handicap bet.

bet (noun)	perfecta (noun)
the act of gambling	a bet that you can pick the first and second finishers in the right order
the money risked on a gamble

bet (verb)	perfecta (verb)
have faith or confidence in
maintain with or as if with a bet
stake on the outcome of an issue