Contort vs Cower - What's the difference?
contort | cower |
To twist in a violent manner; as, features contorted with fury.
To twist into or as if into a strained shape or expression.
To crouch or cringe, or to avoid or shy away from something, in fear.
* Dryden
* Goldsmith
As verbs the difference between contort and cower
is that contort is to twist in a violent manner; as, features contorted with fury while cower is {{cx|intransitive|lang=en}} To crouch or cringe, or to avoid or shy away from something, in fear.contort
English
Verb
(en verb)Synonyms
* deform * detort * twistDerived terms
* contortion * contortive English ergative verbscower
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) kuren or from Scandinavian ((etyl) . Unrelated to coward, which is of Latin origin.Verb
(en verb)- He'd be useless in war. He'd just cower in his bunker until the enemy came in and shot him, or until the war was over.
- Our dame sits cowering o'er a kitchen fire.
- Like falcons, cowering on the nest.