Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity says that the presence of mass warps or bends space (it actually warps the four-dimensional construct known as ‘space-time’).
Gravity is the force that objects experience due to that curvature of space-time. It’s strongest where space-time is most curved and vanishes where space-time is ‘flat’.
The curvature influences how an object moves through space-time.
So, it’s true to say that gravity both distorts space and (as a consequence) influences how objects move through it.
This article is an answer to the question (asked by Henry Parr, Frome) 'Does gravity distort space, move things through it, or both?'
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