distort vs equivocate

distort

verb
  • To give a false or misleading account of 

  • To become misshapen. 

  • To bring something out of shape, to misshape. 

equivocate

verb
  • To render equivocal or ambiguous. 

  • To speak using double meaning; to speak ambiguously, unclearly or doubtfully, with intent to deceive. 

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