Pedophile vs. Pervert — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Pedophile and Pervert
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Definitions
Pedophile➦
A person with pedophilia.
Pervert➦
Distort or corrupt the original course, meaning, or state of (something)
He was charged with conspiring to pervert the course of justice
Pedophile➦
A person aged 16 years old or older who is mostly or only sexually attracted toward prepubescent children.
Pervert➦
Lead (someone) away from what is considered natural or acceptable
Hector is a man who is simply perverted by his time
Pedophile➦
An adult who is sexually attracted to or engages in sexual acts with a child.
Pervert➦
A person whose sexual behaviour is regarded as abnormal and unacceptable.
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Pedophile➦
A person who has pedophilia.
Pervert➦
To cause to turn away from what is right, proper, or good; debase
"yet another example of justice being perverted in an attempt to secure more convictions" (Economist).
Pedophile➦
An adult who is sexually attracted to children
Pervert➦
To corrupt (someone) morally.
Pervert➦
To interpret incorrectly; misconstrue or distort
An analysis that perverts the meaning of the poem.
Pervert➦
A person whose sexual practices or interests are considered abnormal or deviant.
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Pervert➦
(dated) One who has been perverted; one who has turned to error; one who has turned to a twisted sense of values or morals.
Pervert➦
A person whose sexual habits are not considered acceptable.
Those perverts were trying to spy on us while we changed clothes!
Pervert➦
(transitive) To turn another way; to divert.
Pervert➦
(transitive) To corrupt; to cause to be untrue; corrupted or otherwise impure
How could stopping someone from killing himself or herself "pervert the course of justice"?
Pervert➦
To misapply, misuse, use for a nefarious purpose
He has perverted his talents to dishonest gain.
Pervert➦
To misinterpret designedly.
Pervert one's words
Pervert➦
(intransitive) To become perverted; to take the wrong course.
Pervert➦
To turnanother way; to divert.
Let's follow him, and pervert the present wrath.
Pervert➦
To turn from truth, rectitude, or propriety; to divert from a right use, end, or way; to lead astray; to corrupt; also, to misapply; to misinterpret designedly; as, to pervert one's words.
He, in the serpent, had perverted Eve.
Pervert➦
To become perverted; to take the wrong course.
Pervert➦
One who has been perverted; one who has turned to error, especially in religion; - opposed to convert. See the Synonym of Convert.
That notorious pervert, Henry of Navarre.
Pervert➦
A person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
Pervert➦
Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality;
Debauch the young people with wine and women
Socrates was accused of corrupting young men
Do school counselors subvert young children?
Corrupt the morals
Pervert➦
Practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive
Pervert➦
Change the inherent purpose or function of something;
Don't abuse the system
The director of the factory misused the funds intended for the health care of his workers
