distortion vs mistake

mistake vs distortion

distortion and mistake both are nouns.

distortion is not a verb while mistake is a verb.

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

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

distortion: the mistake of misrepresenting the facts
mistake: a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention

Other hypernyms of distortion include error, fault.

distortion (noun)	mistake (noun)
the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean	a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
the mistake of misrepresenting the facts	an understanding of something that is not correct
a change for the worse	part of a statement that is not correct
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)	mistake (verb)
	to make a mistake or be incorrect
	identify incorrectly

Difference between distortion and mistake

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