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Warping vs Distorting - What's the difference?

warping | distorting |

As verbs the difference between warping and distorting

is that warping is while distorting is .

As a noun warping

is an action or motion that warps or twists.

As an adjective distorting is

that distorts.

warping

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An action or motion that warps or twists.
  • * Oliver Sacks, Awakenings
    • Such inertia-less states stand in absolute contrast (and complementarity) to the positive disorders of Parkinsonism, with their intense inertia and resistance to change, their violent warpings of space and field
  • (geology) the deformation of the Earth's crust over a large area
  • The art or occupation of preparing warp or webs for the weaver.
    • (Craig)

    distorting

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That distorts.
  • * 2001 Karel Jan Vollers, Twist & build: creating non-orthogonal architecture , page 86
    • It's like looking in a distorting mirror at the fair.
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