Biased vs Distorted - What's the difference?
biased | distorted |
(bias)
exhibiting bias; prejudiced
angled at a slant
(distort)
To bring something out of shape.
(ergative) To become misshapen.
To give a false or misleading account of
(obsolete) distorted; misshapen
* Spenser
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) biassedVerb
(head)- She biased them against him for no apparent reason.
Adjective
(en adjective)- The newspaper gave a biased account of the incident.
- The table had a biased edge.
Synonyms
* (having a partial view) partial, prejudiced, tendentiousAnagrams
*distorted
English
Verb
(head)distort
English
Verb
(en verb)- In their articles, journalists sometimes distort the truth.
Derived terms
* distorterAdjective
(en adjective)- Her face was ugly and her mouth distort .