Distortion vs Disturb - What's the difference?
distortion | disturb |
An act of distorting.
A result of distorting.
A misrepresentation of the truth.
Noise or other artifacts caused in the electronic reproduction of sound or music.
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.
to confuse a quiet, constant state or a calm, continuous flow, in particular: thoughts, actions or liquids.
to divert, redirect, or alter by disturbing.
* Milton
to have a negative emotional impact; to cause emotional distress or confusion.
(obsolete) disturbance
As nouns the difference between distortion and disturb
is that distortion is an act of distorting while disturb is disturbance.As a verb disturb is
to confuse a quiet, constant state or a calm, continuous flow, in particular: thoughts, actions or liquids.distortion
English
Noun
(en noun)- The story he told was a bit of a distortion .
- This recording sounds awful due to the distortion .
disturb
English
Verb
(en verb)- The noisy ventilation disturbed me during the exam.
- The performance was disturbed twice by a ringing mobile phone.
- A school of fish disturbed the water.
- A mudslide disturbed the course of the river.
- The trauma disturbed his mind.
- disturb his inmost counsels from their destined aim
- A disturbing film that tries to explore the mind of a serial killer.
- His behaviour is very disturbing .
Derived terms
* disturbanceNoun
- (Milton)