Difference between Distended and Swollen

Distended

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To extend or expand, as from internal pressure; to swell

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Extended or expanded, as from internal pressure; swollen. gravid.

Swollen

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To become bigger, especially due to being engorged.

Example sentence: During the Volvo China Open in April 2011, a lot of players fell ill. My son also was taken ill. I contracted a strange viral later, which had symptoms of swollen ankles and wrists and has left me weakened.