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Reformer vs Deformer - What's the difference?

reformer | deformer |

As a verb reformer

is to reform (put into a new form).

As a noun deformer is

one who, or that which, deforms.

reformer

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who reforms, or who works for reform.
  • (history) One who was involved in the Reformation.
  • (chemical engineering, fuel cells) A device which converts hydrocarbons into a hydrogen-rich mixture of gases.
  • (chemical engineering, petrochemistry) A device used to convert petroleum refinery naphthas, typically having low octane ratings, into high-octane liquid products called reformates.

    • Antonyms

    * (one who reforms) traditionalist

    deformer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who, or that which, deforms.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2009, date=September 8, author=Claire Armitstead, title=Odds on: the Booker's favourites, work=Guardian citation
    • , passage=Some may think this disingenuous as, in choosing to frame a novel as a memoir, Coetzee reveals himself as a supreme deformer of his chosen medium. }} ----