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Deform vs Undeformable - What's the difference?

deform | undeformable |

As adjectives the difference between deform and undeformable

is that deform is (obsolete) deformed, misshapen while undeformable is (technical) not capable of being deformed under the given conditions.

As a verb deform

is to change the form of, negatively.

deform

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To change the form of, negatively.
  • To change the looks of, negatively; to disfigure.
  • a face deformed by bitterness
  • To mar the character of.
  • a marriage deformed by jealousy
  • To alter the shape of by stress.
  • To become misshapen or changed in shape.
  • Synonyms

    * distort, contort, warp

    Derived terms

    * deformable * deformation

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Deformed, misshapen.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , I.xii:
  • who so kild that monster most deforme , / And him in hardy battaile ouercame, / Should haue mine onely daughter to his Dame [...].

    undeformable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (technical) Not capable of being deformed under the given conditions
  • Derived terms

    *undeformability *undeformably