harm vs distortion

distortion vs harm

harm and distortion both are nouns.

harm is a verb but distortion is not a verb.

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

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

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

Other hyponyms of harm include detriment, hurt, deformation, ladder, ravel, run.

harm (noun)	distortion (noun)
the act of damaging something or someone	the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
the occurrence of a change for the worse	the mistake of misrepresenting the facts
any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.; the condition of an injury	a change for the worse
	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

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

Difference between harm and distortion

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