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Disturbance vs Distorted - What's the difference?

disturbance | distorted |

As a noun disturbance

is the act of disturbing, being disturbed.

As a verb distorted is

past tense of distort.

disturbance

English

(wikipedia disturbance)

Alternative forms

* disturbaunce

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of disturbing, being disturbed.
  • Something that disturbs.
    • That guy causes a lot of trouble, you know, he's such a disturbance .
  • An interruption of that which is normal or regular.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-01
    • , author=Donald Worster , title=A Drier and Hotter Future , volume=100, issue=1, page=70 , magazine= citation , passage=Phoenix and Lubbock are both caught in severe drought, and it is going to get much worse. We may see many such [dust] storms in the decades ahead, along with species extinctions, radical disturbance of ecosystems, and intensified social conflict over land and water. Welcome to the Anthropocene, the epoch when humans have become a major geological and climatic force.}}
  • (psychology) A serious mental imbalance or illness.

    • Antonyms

    * calmness

    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 .