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Defoam vs Deform - What's the difference?

defoam | deform |

In lang=en terms the difference between defoam and deform

is that defoam is to remove the foam from while deform is to become misshapen or changed in shape.

As verbs the difference between defoam and deform

is that defoam is to remove the foam from while deform is to change the form of, negatively.

As an adjective deform is

(obsolete) deformed, misshapen.

defoam

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To remove the foam from.
  • Derived terms

    * defoamer

    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 [...].