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Deform vs Bemonster - What's the difference?

deform | bemonster |

In lang=en terms the difference between deform and bemonster

is that deform is to become misshapen or changed in shape while bemonster is to regard, treat as, or bename one as 'monster'.

As verbs the difference between deform and bemonster

is that deform is to change the form of, negatively while bemonster is to make monstrous or like a monster; make hideous; deform.

As an adjective deform

is (obsolete) deformed, misshapen.

deform

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To change the form of, negatively.
  • To change the looks of, negatively; to disfigure.
  • a face deformed by bitterness
  • To mar the character of.
  • a marriage deformed by jealousy
  • To alter the shape of by stress.
  • To become misshapen or changed in shape.
  • Synonyms

    * distort, contort, warp

    Derived terms

    * deformable * deformation

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Deformed, misshapen.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , I.xii:
  • who so kild that monster most deforme , / And him in hardy battaile ouercame, / Should haue mine onely daughter to his Dame [...].

    bemonster

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make monstrous or like a monster; make hideous; deform.
  • (Shakespeare)
  • To regard, treat as, or bename one as 'monster'.
  • (Webster 1913)