distort vs murder

distort is not a noun while murder is a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
distort	No	No	Yes	No
murder	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

Other hyponyms of distort include mangle, mutilate.

distort (noun)	murder (noun)
	unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being

distort (verb)	murder (verb)
alter the shape of (something) by stress	alter so as to make unrecognizable
make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story	kill intentionally and with premeditation
affect as in thought or feeling
twist and press out of shape
form into a spiral shape