Deform vs Deformed - What's the difference?
deform | deformed |
To change the form of, negatively.
To change the looks of, negatively; to disfigure.
To mar the character of.
To alter the shape of by stress.
To become misshapen or changed in shape.
(obsolete) Deformed, misshapen.
* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , I.xii:
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)- a face deformed by bitterness
- a marriage deformed by jealousy
Synonyms
* distort, contort, warpDerived terms
* deformable * deformationAdjective
(en adjective)- who so kild that monster most deforme , / And him in hardy battaile ouercame, / Should haue mine onely daughter to his Dame [...].