Difference between Molt and Moult

What is the difference between Molt and Moult?

Molt as a noun is the skin or feathers cast off during the process of molting. while Moult as a noun is the process of shedding or losing a covering of fur, feathers or skin etc.

Molt

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The skin or feathers cast off during the process of molting.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc. and replace it by a fresh layer. To shed in such a manner.

Moult

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To shed or lose a covering of fur, feathers or skin etc.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The process of shedding or losing a covering of fur, feathers or skin etc.

We hope you now know whether to use Molt or Moult in your sentence.

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