different between distort vs jaundice

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin distortum, past participle of distorque? (“to twist, torture, distort”)

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /d?s?t??t/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d?s?t??t/
• Rhymes: -??(?)t

Verb

distort (third-person singular simple present distorts, present participle distorting, simple past and past participle distorted)

1. (transitive) To bring something out of shape, to misshape.
2. (intransitive, ergative) To become misshapen.
3. (transitive) To give a false or misleading account of

   In their articles, journalists sometimes distort the truth.

Synonyms

• (to bring something out of shape): deform

Derived terms

• distorter

Related terms

• distorted (adjective)
• distortion

Translations

Adjective

distort (comparative more distort, superlative most distort)

1. (obsolete) Distorted; misshapen.

English

Etymology

From Middle English jaundis, jaunis, from Middle French jaunisse, from jaune (“yellow”) + -isse (“-ness”). Jaune, from Old French jalne, from Latin galbinus (“yellowish”), from galbus (“yellow”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?d??nd?s/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d???nd?s/

Noun

jaundice (countable and uncountable, plural jaundices)

1. (pathology) A morbid condition, characterized by yellowness of the eyes, skin, and urine. [from early 14th c.]

   Synonym: icterus

   • 2004, Gabrielle Hatfield, Encyclopedia of Folk Medicine: Old World and New World Traditions, ABC-CLIO (?ISBN), page 215:

     In British folk medicine there are some unusual remedies for jaundice. A bizarre superstition from Staffordshire is that if a bladder is filled with the patient's urine and placed near the fire, as it dries out, the patient will recover (Black 1883: 56).

   • 2016, Dueep Jyot Singh, John Davidson, Knowing More About Jaundice - Prevention and Natural Cure Remedies of Jaundice, Mendon Cottage Books (?ISBN), page 8:

     Just ask the doctors how many cases of infantile jaundice in newborn babies have this scene that particular week?

2. (figuratively) A feeling of bitterness, resentment or jealousy. [from 1620s]

Derived terms

• black jaundice
• blue jaundice

Translations

See also

• cyanopathy

Verb

jaundice (third-person singular simple present jaundices, present participle jaundicing, simple past and past participle jaundiced)

1. (transitive) To affect with jaundice; to color by prejudice or envy; to prejudice. [from 1791]
   • 1850, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, My Novel

Translations

Further reading

• jaundice on Wikipedia.Wikipedia