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Cacoon vs Chrysalis - What's the difference?

cacoon | chrysalis |

As nouns the difference between cacoon and chrysalis

is that cacoon is the bean-like seed of a tropical vine (entada rheedii ), used as a hallucinogen and in traditional medicine, and made into jewelry while chrysalis is the takes place.

cacoon

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The bean-like seed of a tropical vine (Entada rheedii ), used as a hallucinogen and in traditional medicine, and made into jewelry.
    • (Webster 1913)

    chrysalis

    English

    (wikipedia chrysalis)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The takes place
  • * 1929 , , (A House Is Built) , Chapter VII, Section viii
    • Fanny was afraid. She was like an insect new-hatched from its chrysalis , naked and unprotected in a dawn she could not face.
  • (figurative) A strong constraint.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=1 , passage=However, with the dainty volume my quondam friend sprang into fame. At the same time he cast off the chrysalis of a commonplace existence.}}