Molt vs Morph - What's the difference?
molt | morph |
To shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc. and replace it by a fresh layer.
To shed in such a manner.
The process of shedding or losing a covering of fur, feathers or skin etc.
The skin or feathers cast off during the process of ing.
(linguistics) A physical form representing some morpheme in language. It is a recurrent distinctive sound or sequence sounds.
(linguistics) An allomorph: one of a set of realizations that a morpheme can have in different contexts.
(biology) Local variety of a species, distinguishable from other populations of the species by morphology or behaviour.
A computer-generated gradual change from one image to another.
(colloquial, ambitransitive) To change shape, from one form to another, through computer animation.
To undergo dramatic change in a seamless and barely noticeable fashion.
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As verbs the difference between molt and morph
is that molt is while morph is (colloquial|ambitransitive) to change shape, from one form to another, through computer animation.As a noun morph is
(linguistics) a physical form representing some morpheme in language it is a recurrent distinctive sound or sequence sounds.molt
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Alternative forms
* moult (British English )Verb
(en verb)Noun
(en noun)- Some birds change colour during their winter molt .
References
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(en noun)Etymology 2
Shortening of metamorphose: to change in shape or form.Verb
(en verb)Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders," New York Times (retrieved 21 June 2013):
- By the time politicians in several cities backed down on Tuesday and announced that they would cut or consider reducing fares, the demonstrations had already morphed into a more sweeping social protest, with marchers waving banners carrying slogans like “The people have awakened.”
