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Distort vs Distorting - What's the difference?

distort | distorting |

As verbs the difference between distort and distorting

is that distort is to bring something out of shape while distorting is .

As adjectives the difference between distort and distorting

is that distort is (obsolete) distorted; misshapen while distorting is that distorts.

distort

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To bring something out of shape.
  • (ergative) To become misshapen.
  • To give a false or misleading account of
    • In their articles, journalists sometimes distort the truth.

    Related terms

    * distorted (pos a) * distortion

    Derived terms

    * distorter

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) distorted; misshapen
  • * Spenser
    • Her face was ugly and her mouth distort .

    distorting

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That distorts.
  • * 2001 Karel Jan Vollers, Twist & build: creating non-orthogonal architecture , page 86
    • It's like looking in a distorting mirror at the fair.
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