mutilate vs distort

mutilate and distort both are verbs.

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

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

Other hypernyms of mutilate include falsify, garble, warp.

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