different between metamorphose vs metabola

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).

English

Alternative forms

• metabole

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????? (metabol?, “change”); ???? (metá, “beyond”) + ????? (bolé?, “throw”).

Noun

metabola (uncountable)

1. (medicine) A change or mutation of disease, symptoms, or treatment.

Noun

metabola pl (plural only)

1. (in the plural, entomology) Insects that metamorphose.