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Chrysalis vs Molting - What's the difference?

chrysalis | molting |

As nouns the difference between chrysalis and molting

is that chrysalis is the takes place while molting is a molt; the shedding of skin, feathers, etc.

As a verb molting is

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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.}}

    molting

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A molt; the shedding of skin, feathers, etc.