Deform vs Modify - What's the difference?
deform | modify |
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:
To make partial changes to.
To be or become modified.
In lang=en terms the difference between deform and modify
is that deform is to become misshapen or changed in shape while modify is to be or become modified.As verbs the difference between deform and modify
is that deform is to change the form of, negatively while modify is to make partial changes to.As an adjective deform
is (obsolete) deformed, 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 [...].