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Deform vs Deworm - What's the difference?

deform | deworm |

As verbs the difference between deform and deworm

is that deform is to change the form of, negatively while deworm is to cause an animal to excrete any worms in the digestive tract by the administration of drugs.

As an adjective deform

is 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 [...].

    deworm

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cause an animal to excrete any worms in the digestive tract by the administration of drugs.
  • Hey, Ethel, you know it's your turn to deworm the cat?

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