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Distorted vs Unhinged - What's the difference?

distorted | unhinged |

As verbs the difference between distorted and unhinged

is that distorted is (distort) while unhinged is (unhinge).

As an adjective unhinged is

not furnished with a hinge.

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 .

    unhinged

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (unhinge)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not furnished with a hinge.
    • an unhinged door
  • (philately, of a stamp) Not having ever been mounted using a stamp hinge.
  • (usually, humorous) Mentally ill.

    • See also

    * MUH * MNH