different between metamorphism vs metamorphose

English

Etymology

From metamorphosis +? -ism, after French métamorphisme.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /m?t??m??f?z(?)m/

Noun

metamorphism (countable and uncountable, plural metamorphisms)

1. (geology) The process by which rocks are changed into other forms by the application of heat and/or pressure.
   • 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 100:

     burial means that the ambient pressure on the rock increases – as does the temperature. This encourages metamorphism.

2. (zoology) The process by which insects develop through life stages, for example, those of embryo, larva, pupa and imago. The life cycle of the butterfly is one of complete metamorphosis, in which the embryo grows within the egg, hatches into the larval stage caterpillar, enters the pupal stage within its chrysalis, and finally emerges as an adult butterfly imago.
3. (by extension) Any dramatic change from one thing to another
   • December 28 2015, Barrett Pall writing in the Huffington Post, 11 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Be Happy

     Ultimately, being happy means that even when things aren’t perfect you still understand how blessed you truly are. You remain in a constant state of uncomfortable change, evolution and metamorphism because you know that this is a process that requires care and love.

Derived terms

See also

• metamorphic
• metamorphosis

English

Etymology

From French métamorphoser, from Old French metamorphose, from Latin metamorph?sis; see metamorphosis.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m?t??m???f??z/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?m????m???fo?z/, /?m????m???fo?s/
• Hyphenation: met?a?mor?phose

Verb

metamorphose (third-person singular simple present metamorphoses, present participle metamorphosing, simple past and past participle metamorphosed)

1. (of a moth or insect, intransitive) To undergo metamorphosis.
2. (by extension, intransitive) To undergo some transformation.
3. (transitive) To transform (something) so that it has a completely different appearance.

Synonyms

• metamorphosize

Related terms

• metamorphism
• metamorphosis
• metamorphosize

Translations

Further reading

• metamorphose in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• metamorphose in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• metamorphose at OneLook Dictionary Search

Portuguese

Noun

metamorphose f (plural metamorphoses)

1. Obsolete spelling of metamorfose (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).