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Skewed vs Crooked - What's the difference?

skewed | crooked |

As adjectives the difference between skewed and crooked

is that skewed is twisted at an angle while crooked is not straight; having one or more bends or angles.

As verbs the difference between skewed and crooked

is that skewed is past tense of skew while crooked is past tense of crook.

skewed

English

Adjective

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

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (skew)

    • Anagrams

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    crooked

    English

    Etymology 1

    From crook, equivalent to .

    Verb

    (head)
  • (crook)

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) croked, crokid, past participle of . More at (l).

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not straight; having one or more bends or angles.
    • We walked up the crooked path to the top of the hill.
  • Set at an angle; not vertical or square.
    • That picture is crooked - could you straighten it up for me?
  • (figuratively) Dishonest or illegal; corrupt.
    • He was trying to interest me in another one of his crooked deals.