Distort vs Fib - What's the difference?
distort | fib |
To bring something out of shape.
(ergative) To become misshapen.
To give a false or misleading account of
(obsolete) distorted; misshapen
* Spenser
(informal) A , especially one that is more or less inconsequential.
* Henry James
To lie, especially more or less inconsequentially.
In lang=en terms the difference between distort and fib
is that distort is to give a false or misleading account of while fib is to lie, especially more or less inconsequentially.As verbs the difference between distort and fib
is that distort is to bring something out of shape while fib is to lie, especially more or less inconsequentially.As an adjective distort
is (obsolete) distorted; misshapen.As a noun fib is
(informal) a , especially one that is more or less inconsequential or fib can be (medicine|informal) short form of fibula.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 .
fib
English
Etymology 1
Probably from fable''; compare ''fibble-fabble (nonsense).Noun
(en noun)- They are very serious; they don't tell fibs .