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mutilate vs garble

garble vs mutilate

mutilate and garble both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
mutilate No No Yes No
garble No No Yes No
As verbs, garble is a hypernym of mutilate; that is, garble is a word with a broader meaning than mutilate:
  • mutilate: alter so as to make unrecognizable
  • garble: make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
Other hypernyms of mutilate include distort, falsify, warp.
mutilate (verb) garble (verb)
destroy or injure severely make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
damage or injure severely
alter so as to make unrecognizable
Difference between mutilate and garble

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