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Metamorphism vs Metamorphosis - What's the difference?

metamorphism | metamorphosis |

Metamorphosis is a related term of metamorphism.



As nouns the difference between metamorphism and metamorphosis

is that metamorphism is the process by which rocks are changed into other forms by the application of heat and/or pressure while metamorphosis is a transformation, such as that of magic or by sorcery.

metamorphism

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (geology) The process by which rocks are changed into other forms by the application of heat and/or pressure.
  • *2004 , Richard Fortey, The Earth , Folio Society 2011, p. 100:
  • *:burial means that the ambient pressure on the rock increases – as does the temperature. This encourages metamorphism .
  • (zoology) The process by which insects development through life stages -- as, for example, those of embryo, larva, pupa and imago. The life cycle of the butterfly is one of complete metamorphosis, in which the embryo grows within the egg, hatches into the larval stage caterpillar, enters the pupal stage within its chrysalis, and finally emerges as an adult butterfly imago.

    • See also

    * metamorphic * metamorphosis

    metamorphosis

    English

    (wikipedia metamorphosis)

    Noun

    (metamorphoses)
  • A transformation, such as that of magic or by sorcery
  • A noticeable change in character, appearance, function or condition.
  • (biology) A change in the form and often habits of an animal after the embryonic stage during normal development. (e.g. the transformation of a caterpillar into a butterfly or a tadpole into a frog.)
  • (pathology) A change in the structure of a specific body tissue. Usually degenerative.

    • Related terms

    * metamorphic * metamorphose * metamorphosize * metamorphism

    Derived terms

    * metramorphosis