Transform vs Distort - What's the difference?
transform | distort |
To change greatly the appearance or form of.
* Shakespeare
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To change the nature, condition or function of; to change in nature, disposition, heart, character, etc.; to convert.
* Bible, Romans xii. 2
(mathematics) To subject to a transformation; to change into another form without altering the value.
(electricity) To subject to the action of a transformer.
(genetics) To subject (a cell) to transformation.
To undergo a transformation.
To bring something out of shape.
(ergative) To become misshapen.
To give a false or misleading account of
(obsolete) distorted; misshapen
* Spenser
In transitive terms the difference between transform and distort
is that transform is to change the nature, condition or function of; to change in nature, disposition, heart, character, etc.; to convert while distort is to give a false or misleading account of.As a noun transform
is the result of a transformation.As an adjective distort is
distorted; misshapen.transform
English
Verb
(en verb)- The alchemists sought to transform lead into gold.
- Love may transform me to an oyster.
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- Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind.
Synonyms
* (change greatly the appearance or form of) alter, change, convert, make over, transmogrify * (sense) alter, change * (undergo a transformation) alter, changeDerived terms
* Fourier transformdistort
English
Verb
(en verb)- In their articles, journalists sometimes distort the truth.
Derived terms
* distorterAdjective
(en adjective)- Her face was ugly and her mouth distort .
