Deviate and Twist

Deviate

Deviate verb - To change one's course or direction.

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Twist and deviate are semantically related in movement topic. In some cases you can use "Twist" instead a verb "Deviate", when it comes to topics like bend.

Nearby Words: deviation, deviant, deviating, deviance

Twist

Twist verb - To change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of.

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Deviate and twist are semantically related in bend topic. Sometimes you can use "Deviate" instead a verb "Twist".

Nearby Words: twisted, twisting, twister, twisty

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bit	deviate bit	twist bit
little	deviate little	twist little

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Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War doesn't deviate from the formula, but it plays with it a bit by having your squadron unwittingly work for the villains until the major twist.

Source: Strictly Formula
Do well and you'll make it through the song; do too badly and you'd have to try again.But, the rap twist is that during gameplay, PaRappa can deviate heavily from the "teacher", creating his own twisted yet awesome string of button mashes and random sentences, and still score points.

Source: Video Game / PaRappa the Rapper

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