Regulated vs Distorted - What's the difference?
regulated | distorted |
(regulate)
To dictate policy.
To control or direct according to rule, principle, or law.
* Macaulay
* Bancroft
To adjust to a particular specification or requirement: regulate temperature.
To adjust (a mechanism) for accurate and proper functioning.
To put or maintain in order.
(distort)
To bring something out of shape.
(ergative) To become misshapen.
To give a false or misleading account of
(obsolete) distorted; misshapen
* Spenser
As verbs the difference between regulated and distorted
is that regulated is (regulate) while distorted is (distort).regulated
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Verb
(head)regulate
English
Verb
(regulat)- the laws which regulate the successions of the seasons
- The herdsmen near the frontier adjudicated their own disputes, and regulated their own police.
- to regulate a watch, i.e. adjust its rate of running so that it will keep approximately standard time
- to regulate the temperature of a room, the pressure of steam, the speed of a machine, etc.
- to regulate the disordered state of a nation or its finances
- to regulate one's eating habits
Derived terms
* deregulate * downregulate * upregulateExternal links
* * ----distorted
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Verb
(head)distort
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Verb
(en verb)- In their articles, journalists sometimes distort the truth.
Derived terms
* distorterAdjective
(en adjective)- Her face was ugly and her mouth distort .