bear on vs distort

bear on and distort both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bear on	No	No	Yes	No
distort	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, distort is a hyponym of bear on; that is, distort is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than bear on:

bear on (verb)	distort (verb)
have an effect upon	alter the shape of (something) by stress
press, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of an action	make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
be relevant to	affect as in thought or feeling
keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last	twist and press out of shape
	form into a spiral shape