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Distort vs Distortionary - What's the difference?

distort | distortionary |

As adjectives the difference between distort and distortionary

is that distort is (obsolete) distorted; misshapen while distortionary is capable of distorting.

As a verb distort

is to bring something out of shape.

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.

    Derived terms

    * distorter

    Adjective

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

    distortionary

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Capable of distorting.
  • Causing distortion, especially in prices.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=(Joseph Stiglitz)
  • , volume=188, issue=26, page=19, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Globalisation is about taxes too , passage=It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime. It is a tax system that is pivotal in creating the increasing inequality that marks most advanced countries today […].}}