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Biased vs Skewed - What's the difference?

biased | skewed |

As verbs the difference between biased and skewed

is that biased is past tense of bias while skewed is past tense of skew.

As adjectives the difference between biased and skewed

is that biased is exhibiting bias; prejudiced while skewed is twisted at an angle.

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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    skewed

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • Twisted at an angle.
  • Biased, distorted (pertaining to statistics or information).

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (skew)

    • Anagrams

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