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Cicada vs Chrysalis - What's the difference?

cicada | chrysalis |

As a proper noun cicada

is .

As a noun chrysalis is

the takes place.

cicada

English

(wikipedia cicada) (Cicadoidea)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • Any of several insects in the superfamily Cicadoidea, with small eyes wide apart on the head and transparent] well-veined wings.
  • *
  • # The periodical cicada.
  • #*
  • #* {{quote-news, title=Magicidada coming to New Jersey on May 27, work=Hunterdon County Democrat,
    • date=May 16, year=2013, author=Laura Kroon, passage=Last year, the Brood I cicadas' were found in Virginia, West Virginia, and Tennessee. The ' cicadas that will emerge in New Jersey this year are part of Brood II or The East Coast Brood. They will also be found in Connecticut, Maryland, North Carolina, New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.}}

    Hyponyms

    * (periodical cicada) seventeen-year locust, decim periodical cicada

    Derived terms

    * hairy cicada

    See also

    * cricket * grasshopper * locust ----

    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.}}