distortion - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

the mistake of misrepresenting the facts

Synonyms

• distortion

More generic

• error
• fault
• mistake

Noun

the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean

Synonyms

• distortion
• overrefinement
• straining
• torture
• twisting

More generic

• falsification
• misrepresentation

Noun

a change for the worse

Synonyms

• deformation
• distortion

More generic

• damage
• harm
• impairment

More specific

• warp
• warping

Noun

an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image

Synonyms

• aberration
• distortion
• optical aberration

More generic

• optical phenomenon

More specific

• chromatic aberration
• spherical aberration

Noun

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)

Synonyms

• distortion

More generic

• acoustic phenomenon
• electrical phenomenon

More specific

• amplitude distortion
• nonlinear distortion

Noun

a shape resulting from distortion

Synonyms

• distorted shape
• distortion

More generic

• form
• shape

More specific

• buckle
• contortion
• crookedness
• gnarl
• knot
• torsion
• tortuosity
• tortuousness
• warp

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