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Perverted vs Faulty - What's the difference?

perverted | faulty | Synonyms |

Perverted is a synonym of faulty.


As adjectives the difference between perverted and faulty

is that perverted is deviating from what is normally considered right, normal or correct while faulty is having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable.

As a verb perverted

is (pervert).

perverted

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • deviating from what is normally considered right, normal or correct
  • (pejorative, offensive) of, relating to, or practicing unusual or "kinky" sex
  • misrepresented, altered or distorted

    • Synonyms

    * pervy (less formal)

    Derived terms

    * (l) * (l)

    Verb

    (head)
  • (pervert)

    • faulty

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable.
    • They replaced the faulty wiring and it has worked fine ever since.
    I don't think you can infer that from the premise. It's a faulty argument.
  • (obsolete) At fault, to blame; guilty.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , II.iv:
    • Her faultie Handmayd, which that bale did breede, / Confest, how Philemon her wrought to chaunge her weede.

    Usage notes

    * Nouns to which "faulty" is often applied: goods, equipment, product, wiring, construction, memory, thinking, design, hardware, software, unit, part, component, assumption, reasoning, premise, gene, operation, technique, merchandise, circuit, code, analysis, posture, machine, method, habit, process, communication.

    Antonyms

    * faultless

    Derived terms

    * faultiness