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Distorted vs Corrupted - What's the difference?

distorted | corrupted |

As verbs the difference between distorted and corrupted

is that distorted is past tense of distort while corrupted is past participle of lang=en.

As an adjective corrupted is

marked by immorality and perversion; depraved.

distorted

English

Verb

(head)
  • (distort)

    • 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.

    Related terms

    * distorted (pos a) * distortion

    Derived terms

    * distorter

    Adjective

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

    corrupted

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Marked by immorality and perversion; depraved.
  • dishonest
  • Containing errors.

    • Synonyms

    * corrupt

    Verb

    (head)