Askew vs. Skew

Askewadjective

Turned or twisted to one side.

Skewadjective

Neither intersecting nor parallel.

Askewadjective

(figuratively) Untoward, unfavourable.

Skewadjective

Neither parallel nor at right angles to a certain line.

‘a skew arch’;

Askewadverb

Tilted to one side.

‘He wore his hat askew’;

Skewverb

(transitive) To bias or distort in a particular direction.

‘A disproportionate number of female subjects in the study group skewed the results.’;

Askewadverb

Awry; askance; asquint; oblique or obliquely; - sometimes indicating scorn, or contempt, or entry.

Skewverb

(transitive) To shape or form in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.

Askewadjective

turned or twisted toward one side;

‘a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry’; ‘his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff’;

Skewverb

(transitive) To throw or hurl obliquely.

Askewadverb

turned or twisted to one side;

‘rugs lying askew’; ‘with his necktie twisted awry’;

Skewverb

(intransitive) To walk obliquely; to go sidling; to lie or move obliquely.

Askewadjective

not in a straight or level position

‘her hat was slightly askew’;

Skewverb

(intransitive) To start aside; to shy, as a horse.

Askewadjective

wrong; awry

‘the plan went sadly askew’; ‘the judging was a bit askew’;

Skewverb

(intransitive) To look obliquely; to squint; hence, to look slightingly or suspiciously.

Askew

Askew is an English surname.

Skewnoun

A bias or distortion in a particular direction.

Skewnoun

(architecture) A stone at the foot of the slope of a gable, the offset of a buttress, etc., cut with a sloping surface and with a check to receive the coping stones and retain them in place.

Skewnoun

(electronics) A phenomenon in synchronous digital circuit systems (such as computers) in which the same sourced clock signal arrives at different components at different times.

Skewadverb

Awry; obliquely; askew.

Skewadverb

Awry; obliquely; askew.

Skewadjective

Turned or twisted to one side; situated obliquely; skewed; - chiefly used in technical phrases.

Skewnoun

A stone at the foot of the slope of a gable, the offset of a buttress, or the like, cut with a sloping surface and with a check to receive the coping stones and retain them in place.

Skewverb

To walk obliquely; to go sidling; to lie or move obliquely.

‘Child, you must walk straight, without skewing.’;

Skewverb

To start aside; to shy, as a horse.

Skewverb

To look obliquely; to squint; hence, to look slightingly or suspiciously.

Skewverb

To shape or form in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.

Skewverb

To throw or hurl obliquely.

Skewverb

turn or place at an angle;

‘the lines on the sheet of paper are skewed’;

Skewadjective

having an oblique or slanting direction or position;

‘the picture was skew’;