Distort vs Modify - What's the difference?
distort | modify |
To bring something out of shape.
(ergative) To become misshapen.
To give a false or misleading account of
(obsolete) distorted; misshapen
* Spenser
To make partial changes to.
To be or become modified.
In transitive terms the difference between distort and modify
is that distort is to give a false or misleading account of while modify is to make partial changes to.As an adjective distort
is 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 .
