Obstruct vs Distort - What's the difference?
obstruct | distort |
To block or fill (a passage) with obstacles or an obstacle. See Synonyms at block.
To impede, retard, or interfere with; hinder: obstructed my progress.
To get in the way of so as to hide from sight.
To bring something out of shape.
(ergative) To become misshapen.
To give a false or misleading account of
(obsolete) distorted; misshapen
* Spenser
As verbs the difference between obstruct and distort
is that obstruct is to block or fill (a passage) with obstacles or an obstacle see synonyms at block while distort is to bring something out of shape.As an adjective distort is
(obsolete) distorted; misshapen.obstruct
English
Verb
Synonyms
* See alsodistort
English
Verb
(en verb)- In their articles, journalists sometimes distort the truth.
Derived terms
* distorterAdjective
(en adjective)- Her face was ugly and her mouth distort .