different between trimorphism vs trimorph

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tri- +? -morphism

trimorphism (countable and uncountable, plural trimorphisms)

(crystallography) The property of crystallizing in three distinct forms.
Titanium dioxide exhibits trimorphism: its three forms are rutile, octahedrite, and brookite.
(biology) The coexistence among individuals of the same species of three distinct forms, not generally connected by intermediate gradations.

tri- +? -morph

trimorph (plural trimorphs)

(crystallography) A substance which crystallizes in three distinct forms, or which has three distinct physical states.
(crystallography) Any of the three forms of such a substance.

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