Contort vs. Detort — What's the Difference?
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
