distortion vs warp

distortion and warp both are nouns.

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

As nouns, warp is a hyponym of distortion; that is, warp is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than distortion:

Other hyponyms of distortion include warping.

As nouns, warp is a hyponym of distortion; that is, warp is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than distortion:

Other hyponyms of distortion include contortion, crookedness, torsion, tortuosity, tortuousness, buckle, gnarl, knot.

distortion (noun)	warp (noun)
the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean	yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof
the mistake of misrepresenting the facts	a moral or mental distortion
a change for the worse	a shape distorted by twisting or folding
an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image	a twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting
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)	warp (verb)
	bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat
	make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story