Exaggerate.
The root word "magni" in the word "magnify" comes from Latin and means "great" or "large." In this context, "magnify" means to make something appear larger or more significant.
The root word for "magnify" is "magnus," which means "great" or "large" in Latin.
To enhance or falsely overstate the size, value, or other attributes of something."Exaggerate" means to "make larger than it really is", in a non-literal sense."He always exaggerates his troubles = he makes them more than they really are""There were a hundred of them!" "Don't exaggerate; how many were there really?" "Okay, there were ten. But it seemed like a hundred."
The root word for "distort" is "tort," which comes from the Latin word "torquere" meaning "to twist."
The Latin root word "magn-" means great. This root is commonly used in words like magnify (to make something appear larger) and magnanimous (generous and noble in spirit).
One such word is exaggerate.
The root word for "magnify" is "magnus," which means "great" or "large" in Latin.
distort
Synonyms of the word fudge: fake, misrepresent avoid, embellish, embroider, equivocate, evade, exaggerate, falsify, hedge, magnify, overstate, patch, shuffle, slant, stall
The root word "magni" in the word "magnify" comes from Latin and means "great" or "large." In this context, "magnify" means to make something appear larger or more significant.
To enhance or falsely overstate the size, value, or other attributes of something."Exaggerate" means to "make larger than it really is", in a non-literal sense."He always exaggerates his troubles = he makes them more than they really are""There were a hundred of them!" "Don't exaggerate; how many were there really?" "Okay, there were ten. But it seemed like a hundred."
Magnify means to enhance or enlarge an object to make it look bigger than it is. A sample sentence is: "They used a lens to magnify the images on the map".
It is spelt 'distort' and means to "Pull or twist out of shape".
overstate
magnify means when you look at something closer. Like when you have a camera and you zoom in closer.
That would be scope.
She tried to distort the image.