Distort vs Destroy - What's the difference?
distort | destroy |
To bring something out of shape.
(ergative) To become misshapen.
To give a false or misleading account of
(obsolete) distorted; misshapen
* Spenser
To cause destruction.
To neutralize, undo a property or condition.
To put down or euthanize.
(colloquial) To defeat soundly.
(computing) To remove data.
In lang=en terms the difference between distort and destroy
is that distort is to give a false or misleading account of while destroy is to put down or euthanize.As verbs the difference between distort and destroy
is that distort is to bring something out of shape while destroy isto damage beyond use or repair
. As an adjective distort
is (obsolete) distorted; misshapen.distort
English
Verb
(en verb)- In their articles, journalists sometimes distort the truth.
Derived terms
* distorterAdjective
(en adjective)- Her face was ugly and her mouth distort .
destroy
English
Verb
To damage beyond use or repair.
- The earthquake destroyed several apartment complexes.
- ''Hooligans destroy unprovoked
- ''Smoking destroys the natural subtlety of the palate
- Destroying a rabid dog is required by law.
- The memory leak happened because we forgot to destroy the temporary lists.
