Distort vs Misconstrue - What's the difference?
distort | misconstrue |
To bring something out of shape.
(ergative) To become misshapen.
To give a false or misleading account of
(obsolete) distorted; misshapen
* Spenser
To interpret erroneously, to understand incorrectly; to misunderstand.
* 1975': ...,furthermore, I hope my meaning won’t be lost or '''misconstrued ,... - Paul Simon, ''50 Ways to Leave Your Lover'' from the album ''Still Crazy after All These Years .
In lang=en terms the difference between distort and misconstrue
is that distort is to give a false or misleading account of while misconstrue is to interpret erroneously, to understand incorrectly; to misunderstand.As verbs the difference between distort and misconstrue
is that distort is to bring something out of shape while misconstrue is to interpret erroneously, to understand incorrectly; to misunderstand.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 .
