Distort and Emphasize

Distort

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

Emphasize and distort are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Emphasize" instead a verb "Distort".

Nearby Words: distortion, distorting, distorter

Emphasize

Emphasize verb - To indicate the importance of by centering attention on.

Distort and emphasize are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Distort" instead a verb "Emphasize".

Mutual synonyms

Common collocations

beauty distort beauty emphasize beauty
image distort image emphasize image
position distort position emphasize position
turn distort turn emphasize turn
Other words: fact, characters, size, words.
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