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Metamorphose vs Mutate - What's the difference?

metamorphose | mutate |

As verbs the difference between metamorphose and mutate

is that metamorphose is while mutate is to undergo mutation.

As a noun metamorphose

is metamorphosis.

metamorphose

English

Verb

(metamorphos)
  • (of a moth or insect) to undergo metamorphosis
  • to transform (something) into a completely different appearance

    • Synonyms

    * metamorphosize

    Related terms

    * metamorphism * metamorphosis * metamorphosize

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    mutate

    English

    Verb

    (mutat)
  • To undergo mutation.
  • To cause mutation.

    • Related terms

    * mutatis mutandis * mutation * mutant