One such word is exaggerate.
exaggerate, overstate, puff up, build up, magnify
The word meaning "to overstate" is spelt exaggerate.
distort
magnify means when you look at something closer. Like when you have a camera and you zoom in closer.
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".
Exaggerate.
overstate, magnify
exaggerate, overstate, puff up, build up, magnify
Synonyms of the word fudge: fake, misrepresent avoid, embellish, embroider, equivocate, evade, exaggerate, falsify, hedge, magnify, overstate, patch, shuffle, slant, stall
overstate
She tried to distort the image.
The word meaning "to overstate" is spelt exaggerate.
The root word for "distort" is "tort," which comes from the Latin word "torquere" meaning "to twist."
Hyperbole. e.g. "It ALWAYS rains when I want to go to the beach!" Quite obviously, it doesn't ALWAYS rain... it is an extreme exaggeration to prove the point.
The root word for "magnify" is "magnus," which means "great" or "large" in Latin.
Yes eg Some people distort the truth.
The prefix for "overstate" is "over-".