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Molting vs Cacoon - What's the difference?

molting | cacoon |

As nouns the difference between molting and cacoon

is that molting is a molt; the shedding of skin, feathers, etc while cacoon is the bean-like seed of a tropical vine (Entada rheedii), used as a hallucinogen and in traditional medicine, and made into jewelry.

As a verb molting

is present participle of lang=en.

molting

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A molt; the shedding of skin, feathers, etc.

    • cacoon

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The bean-like seed of a tropical vine (Entada rheedii ), used as a hallucinogen and in traditional medicine, and made into jewelry.
    • (Webster 1913)