distortion vs damage

damage vs distortion

distortion and damage both are nouns.

distortion is not a verb while damage is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
distortion	Yes	No	No	No
damage	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, damage is a hypernym of distortion; that is, damage is a word with a broader meaning than distortion:

distortion: a change for the worse
damage: the occurrence of a change for the worse

Other hypernyms of distortion include harm, impairment.

distortion (noun)	damage (noun)
the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean	the act of damaging something or someone
the mistake of misrepresenting the facts	any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right
a change for the worse	the occurrence of a change for the worse
an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image	loss of military equipment
a change (usually undesired) in the waveform of an acoustic or analog electrical signal; the difference between two measurements of a signal (as between the input and output signal)	the amount of money needed to purchase something
a shape resulting from distortion

distortion (verb)	damage (verb)
	inflict damage upon
	suffer or be susceptible to damage

Difference between distortion and damage

Words related to "damage"

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