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Cocoon vs Callus - What's the difference?

cocoon | callus |

As nouns the difference between cocoon and callus

is that cocoon is the silky protective case spun by the larvae of some insects and moths in which they metamorphose, the pupa while callus is a hardened area of the skin (especially on the foot or hand) caused by repeated friction, wear or use.

As verbs the difference between cocoon and callus

is that cocoon is to envelop in a protective case, or to withdraw into such a case while callus is to form such hardened tissue.

cocoon

English

(wikipedia cocoon)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The silky protective case spun by the larvae of some insects and moths in which they metamorphose, the pupa.
  • Any similar protective case, whether real or metaphorical.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To envelop in a protective case, or to withdraw into such a case.
    • English reduplications

    callus

    English

    (wikipedia callus)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A hardened area of the skin (especially on the foot or hand) caused by repeated friction, wear or use.
  • * 2011 ,David Foster Wallace The Pale King , page 17:
    • Sylvanshine had once been on a first date with a Xerox rep who had complex and slightly repulsive patterns of callus on her fingers from playing the banjo semi-professionally
  • The material of repair in fractures of bone; a substance exuded at the site of fracture, which is at first soft or cartilaginous in consistency, but is ultimately converted into true bone and unites the fragments into a single piece.
  • (botany) The new formation over the end of a cutting, before it puts out rootlets.

    • Verb

  • To form such hardened tissue