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Difference Between Contort and Detort

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Definitions

Contort

To twist, wrench, or bend out of proper or natural shape
Fingers contorted by arthritis.

Detort

(dated) to turn from the original or plain meaning

Contort

To cause to deviate from what is normal, proper, or accurate
The leaders of the movement contorted their own principles in trying to get what they wanted.

Detort

(dated) to pervert

Contort

To become contorted
"Her face contorts with pain and horror, as if something deep inside her has been shattered" (Rachel Simon).

Detort

(dated) to wrest
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Contort

(transitive) To twist in a violent manner.
Features contorted with fury

Detort

To turn form the original or plain meaning; to pervert; to wrest.

Contort

(intransitive) To twist into or as if into a strained shape or expression.

Contort

To twist, or twist together; to turn awry; to bend; to distort; to wrest.
The vertebral arteries are variously contorted.
Kant contorted the term category from the proper meaning of attributed.

Contort

Twist and press out of shape

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