impairment vs distortion

distortion vs impairment

impairment and distortion both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

impairment (noun)	distortion (noun)
damage that results in a reduction of strength or quality	the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine)	the mistake of misrepresenting the facts
the occurrence of a change for the worse	a change for the worse
the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness	an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image
a symptom of reduced quality or strength	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

Difference between impairment and distortion

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