mangle vs distort

mangle is a noun but distort is not a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
mangle	Yes	No	Yes	No
distort	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, distort is a hypernym of mangle; that is, distort is a word with a broader meaning than mangle:

Other hypernyms of mangle include falsify, garble, warp.

mangle (noun)	distort (noun)
clothes dryer for drying and ironing laundry by passing it between two heavy heated rollers

mangle (verb)	distort (verb)
damage or injure severely	alter the shape of (something) by stress
alter so as to make unrecognizable	make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
press with a mangle	affect as in thought or feeling
injure badly by beating	twist and press out of shape
	form into a spiral shape