Grotesque vs Distortion - What's the difference?
grotesque | distortion |
distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous
disgusting or otherwise viscerally reviling.
(typography) sans serif.
A style of ornamentation characterized by fanciful combinations of intertwined forms.
Anything grotesque.
(typography) A sans serif typeface.
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.
As nouns the difference between grotesque and distortion
is that grotesque is a style of ornamentation characterized by fanciful combinations of intertwined forms while distortion is an act of distorting.As an adjective grotesque
is distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous.grotesque
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(wikipedia grotesque)Adjective
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Noun
(en noun)- The story he told was a bit of a distortion .
- This recording sounds awful due to the distortion .
