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Misshape vs Deformed - What's the difference?

misshape | deformed |

As verbs the difference between misshape and deformed

is that misshape is to shape badly or incorrectly while deformed is (deform).

As a noun misshape

is (obsolete) a misshapen person; a misshapen body.

As an adjective deformed is

unusual of shape; misshapen.

misshape

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) A misshapen person; a misshapen body.
  • *1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , V.12:
  • *:The one of them, that elder did appeare, / With her dull eyes did seeme to looke askew, / That her mis-shape much helpt [...].
  • A misshapen object; now especially, a broken item (especially food) sold individually at a cheaper price.
  • *1995 , (Jarvis Cocker) et al., "Mis-Shapes":
  • *:Mis-shapes , mistakes, misfits / Raised on a diet of broken biscuits.

    • Verb

  • To shape badly or incorrectly.

    • Related terms

    * misshapen

    Anagrams

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    deformed

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Unusual of shape; misshapen.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (deform)