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Distortion vs Distortive - What's the difference?

distortion | distortive |

As a noun distortion

is an act of distorting.

As an adjective distortive is

causing distortion.

distortion

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An act of distorting.
  • A result of distorting.
  • A misrepresentation of the truth.
    • The story he told was a bit of a distortion .
  • Noise or other artifacts caused in the electronic reproduction of sound or music.
    • This recording sounds awful due to the distortion .
  • An effect used in music, most commonly on guitars in rock or metal.
  • (optics) an aberration that causes magnification to change over the field of view.

    • distortive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Causing distortion.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=March 9, author=Danny Hakim, title=Rangel Tells State’s Delegation That Spitzer Is Too Combative, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=She added, “No amount of distortive rhetoric or advertising will cause the governor to back down from the core reforms and necessary reality check embodied in this budget.” }}

    Derived terms

    * distortively