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Biased vs Distorted - What's the difference?

biased | distorted |

As verbs the difference between biased and distorted

is that biased is past tense of bias while distorted is past tense of distort.

As an adjective biased

is exhibiting bias; prejudiced.

biased

English

Alternative forms

* (UK) biassed

Verb

(head)
  • (bias)
  • She biased them against him for no apparent reason.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • exhibiting bias; prejudiced
  • The newspaper gave a biased account of the incident.
  • angled at a slant
  • The table had a biased edge.

    Synonyms

    * (having a partial view) partial, prejudiced, tendentious

    Anagrams

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    distorted

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (distort)

  • distort

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To bring something out of shape.
  • (ergative) To become misshapen.
  • To give a false or misleading account of
  • In their articles, journalists sometimes distort the truth.

    Derived terms

    * distorter

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) distorted; misshapen
  • * Spenser
  • Her face was ugly and her mouth distort .