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Distorted vs Skewed - What's the difference?

distorted | skewed |

As verbs the difference between distorted and skewed

is that distorted is past tense of distort while skewed is past tense of skew.

As an adjective skewed is

twisted at an angle.

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 .

    skewed

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • Twisted at an angle.
  • Biased, distorted (pertaining to statistics or information).

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (skew)

    • Anagrams

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