Distort vs Distortionary - What's the difference?
distort | distortionary |
To bring something out of shape.
(ergative) To become misshapen.
To give a false or misleading account of
(obsolete) distorted; misshapen
* Spenser
Capable of distorting.
Causing distortion, especially in prices.
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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)- In their articles, journalists sometimes distort the truth.
Derived terms
* distorterAdjective
(en adjective)- Her face was ugly and her mouth distort .
distortionary
English
Adjective
(en adjective)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 […].}}