distortion vs impairment

impairment vs distortion

distortion and impairment both are nouns.

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

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

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

Other hypernyms of distortion include damage, harm.

distortion (noun)	impairment (noun)
the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean	damage that results in a reduction of strength or quality
the mistake of misrepresenting the facts	the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine)
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	the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness
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 symptom of reduced quality or strength
a shape resulting from distortion

Difference between distortion and impairment

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