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Morph vs Morphotype - What's the difference?

morph | morphotype |

In biology terms the difference between morph and morphotype

is that morph is local variety of a species, distinguishable from other populations of the species by morphology or behaviour while morphotype is any of a group of different types of individuals of the same species in a population; a morph.

As nouns the difference between morph and morphotype

is that morph is a physical form representing some morpheme in language. It is a recurrent distinctive sound or sequence sounds while morphotype is any of a group of different types of individuals of the same species in a population; a morph.

As verbs the difference between morph and morphotype

is that morph is to change shape, from one form to another, through computer animation while morphotype is to sort into such types (and identify them.

morph

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(en noun)
  • (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.
  • Etymology 2

    Shortening of metamorphose: to change in shape or form.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (colloquial, ambitransitive) To change shape, from one form to another, through computer animation.
  • To undergo dramatic change in a seamless and barely noticeable fashion.
  • * 2013 June 18, , " 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.”

    morphotype

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (biology) Any of a group of different types of individuals of the same species in a population; a morph
  • Verb

    (morphotyp)
  • To sort into such types (and identify them)
  • See also

    *morphism *polymorphism