distort vs mutilate

distort and mutilate both are verbs.

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

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

Other hyponyms of distort include mangle, murder.

distort (verb)	mutilate (verb)
alter the shape of (something) by stress	destroy or injure severely
make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story	damage or injure severely
affect as in thought or feeling	alter so as to make unrecognizable
twist and press out of shape
form into a spiral shape