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Perjure vs Distort - What's the difference?

perjure | distort |

As verbs the difference between perjure and distort

is that perjure is while distort is to bring something out of shape.

As an adjective distort is

(obsolete) distorted; misshapen.

perjure

English

Verb

(en-verb)
  • (reflexive) To knowingly and willfully make a false statement of witness while in court.
  • To cause to violate an oath or a vow; to cause to make oath knowingly to what is untrue; to make guilty of perjury; to forswear; to corrupt.
    • He perjured himself.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Want will perjure the ne'er-touched vestal.
  • To make a false oath to; to deceive by oaths and protestations.
  • * J. Fletcher
    • And with a virgin innocence did pray / For me, that perjured her.

    Synonyms

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A perjured person.
    • (Shakespeare)
    ----

    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 .