distortion vs harm

harm vs distortion

distortion and harm both are nouns.

distortion is not a verb while harm is a verb.

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

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

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

Other hypernyms of distortion include damage, impairment.

distortion (noun)	harm (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	the occurrence of a change for the worse
a change for the worse	any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.; the condition of an injury
an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image
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)
a shape resulting from distortion

distortion (verb)	harm (verb)
	cause or do harm to

Difference between distortion and harm

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