formal vs perfunctory

formal is a noun but perfunctory is not a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
formal	Yes	Yes	No	No
perfunctory	No	Yes	No	No

formal (noun)	perfunctory (noun)
a gown for evening wear
a lavish dance requiring formal attire

formal (adjective)	perfunctory (adjective)
being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress)	hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
(of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms	done or produced as a formality only
refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court
logically deductive
represented in simplified or symbolic form
characteristic of or befitting a person in authority