Difference between Distort and Deform

DISTORT vs DEFORM: ADJECTIVE

To cause to deviate from what is normal, reasonable, or accurate.
To cause distortion in (a signal or waveform, for example).
To twist of natural or regular shape; to twist aside physically.
To twist out of a proper or natural relation of parts; misshape.
To wrest from the true meaning; to pervert.
To force or put out of the true posture or direction; to twist aside mentally or morally.

To spoil the form of; to mar in form; to misshape; to disfigure.
To render displeasing; to deprive of comeliness, grace, or perfection; to dishonor.

Twisted out of shape; distorted.
To misapply, misuse.
Synonyms and To contort, deform, bend.
As of a message or story
To wrest from the true meaning; pervert the truth regarding; misrepresent.
Hence—2. To turn away or pervert; cause to give or to receive erroneous views or impressions; mislead; bias.
To twist or wrest out of shape; alter the shape of; change from the proper to an improper or unnatural shape; represent by an image having a shape somewhat different from nature.

To change or alter the form of; convert into a new form or shape.
Specifically To mar the natural form or shape of; put out of shape; disfigure, as by malformation of a limb or some other part of the body.
In geometry, to bend without stretching or tearing.
To form; fashion; delineate; engrave.
Disfigured; being of an unnatural, distorted, or disproportioned form; displeasing to the eye.
To render ugly, ungraceful, or displeasing; mar the beauty of; spoil: as, to deform the person by unbecoming dress; to deform the character by vicious conduct.

Skew, Mislead, Confuse, Distortion, Undermine, Strain, Color, Twist, Wring, Warp, Garble, Deform, Disfigure, Contort, Falsify

Delaminate, Flatten, Protrude, Extrude, Misshape, Misrepresent, Warp, Change shape, Change form, Wring, Twist, Strain, Distort, Bend, Contort

Misinterpret, Skew, Mislead, Confuse, Distortion, Undermine, Strain, Color, Twist, Warp, Garble, Deform, Disfigure, Contort, Falsify

Abrade, Herniate, Calcify, Delaminate, Flatten, Protrude, Extrude, Misrepresent, Warp, Change shape, Twist, Strain, Distort, Bend, Contort

Do not deform in contact with water or vapor.
Lateral forces not only cause structures to deform horizontally.
You can only deform presets (like the MC-303).
It should deform noticeably, but not to an extreme.
How decorously will you rectify to deform the strutting?
Specifies how to deform an object along one axis.
It will deform before failing and is repairable.
Your bracelet or pendant will bend and deform.
Do not disassemble, deform, or apply excessive pressure.
If you deform it fast it becomes stiff, but if you deform it slowly it readily pours.