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Pseudomorphism vs Pedomorphism - What's the difference?

pseudomorphism | pedomorphism |

As nouns the difference between pseudomorphism and pedomorphism

is that pseudomorphism is (label) the state of having, or the property of taking, a crystalline form unlike that which belongs to the species while pedomorphism is the retention, by an adult, of juvenile characteristics.

pseudomorphism

English

Noun

  • (label) The state of having, or the property of taking, a crystalline form unlike that which belongs to the species.

    • Related terms

    * pseudomorph * pseudomorphic

    pedomorphism

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • the retention, by an adult, of juvenile characteristics

    • Synonyms

    * neoteny