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Deform vs Deformed - What's the difference?

deform | deformed |

As verbs the difference between deform and deformed

is that deform is to change the form of, negatively while deformed is (deform).

As adjectives the difference between deform and deformed

is that deform is (obsolete) deformed, misshapen while deformed is unusual of shape; 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 [...].

    deformed

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Unusual of shape; misshapen.
  • Verb

    (head)
  • (deform)