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Chrysalis vs Cyst - What's the difference?

chrysalis | cyst |

As nouns the difference between chrysalis and cyst

is that chrysalis is the pupa of a butterfly or moth, enclosed inside a cocoon, in which metamorphosis takes place while cyst is a pouch or sac without opening, usually membranous and containing morbid matter, which develops in one of the natural cavities or in the substance of an organ.

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.}}

    cyst

    English

    (wikipedia)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A pouch or sac without opening, usually membranous and containing morbid matter, which develops in one of the natural cavities or in the substance of an organ.

    • See also

    * enchondroma ----