tortuous vs convoluted

tortuous and convoluted both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
tortuous	No	Yes	No	No
convoluted	No	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, tortuous and convoluted are synonyms defined as:

tortuous and convoluted: highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious

Other synonyms of tortuous include Byzantine, involved, knotty, labyrinthine, tangled.

tortuous (adjective)	convoluted (adjective)
highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious	rolled longitudinally upon itself
marked by repeated turns and bends	highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious
not straightforward