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Exaptation vs Exaltation - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between exaptation and exaltation

is that exaptation is (biology) the use of a biological structure or function for a purpose other than that for which it initially evolved while exaltation is the act of exalting or raising high; also, the state of being exalted; elevation.

exaptation

English

Noun

(wikipedia exaptation) (en noun)
  • (biology) The use of a biological structure or function for a purpose other than that for which it initially evolved.
  • :Birds initially developed wings and feathers as a means of heat regulation. The use of wings for flight is an example of exaptation .

    • References

    * McGarr, Paul and Rose, Stephen (editors): The Richness of Life, the essential Stephen Jay Gould; Jonathan Cape (2006) ISBN 0224076078

    exaltation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of exalting or raising high; also, the state of being exalted; elevation.
  • The refinement or subtilization of a body, or the increasing of its virtue or principal property.
  • (astrology) That placement of a planet in the zodiac in which it is deemed to exert its strongest influence.
  • *1978 , (Lawrence Durrell), Livia'', Faber & Faber 1992 (''Avignon Quintet ), p. 483:
  • *:He often stood there in a muse until dusk fell, and then darkness, while once in a while the moon, ‘in her exaltation ’ as the astrologers say, rose to remind him that such worldly musings meant nothing to the hostile universe without.
  • (rare) The collective noun for larks.
  • * 1989 , Ronald K. Siegel, Intoxication: The Universal Drive for Mind-Altering Substances , Park Street Press (2009), ISBN 1594770697, page 192:
    • In a sense, the editorial cartoons were correct when they suggested that an exaltation of larks can fly under the influence into an aspect of vulturous behavior.
  • * 2005 , Lucille Bellucci, Journey from Shanghai , iUniverse (2005), ISBN 0594343732, page 83:
    • “I'd like to think of my father being lifted to God in an exaltation of larks.”
  • * 2005 , Linda Bird Francke, On the Road with Francis of Assisi: A Timeless Journey Through Umbria and Tuscany, and Beyond , Random House (2006), ISBN 9780345469663, page 232:
    • It is said that an exaltation of larks, which had assembled on the roof of Francis's hut, suddenly—and inexplicably—took to the air just after sunset, wheeling and singing.
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