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Thorax vs Chrysalis - What's the difference?

thorax | chrysalis |

As nouns the difference between thorax and chrysalis

is that thorax is thorax (region of the mammalian body) while chrysalis is the takes place.

thorax

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • the middle of three distinct divisions in an insect, crustacean or arachnid body
  • the region of the mammalian body between the neck and abdomen as well as the cavity containing the heart and lungs

    • Derived terms

    * thoracic * thoracal * thoracic vertebra * thoracoplasty

    chrysalis

    English

    (wikipedia chrysalis)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The takes place
  • * 1929 , , (A House Is Built) , Chapter VII, Section viii
    • Fanny was afraid. She was like an insect new-hatched from its chrysalis , naked and unprotected in a dawn she could not face.
  • (figurative) A strong constraint.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=1 , passage=However, with the dainty volume my quondam friend sprang into fame. At the same time he cast off the chrysalis of a commonplace existence.}}