Difference between Molting and Moult

What is the difference between Molting and Moult?

Molting as a verb is to shed or lose a covering of hair or fur, feathers, skin, horns, etc, and replace it with a fresh one. while Moult as a verb is to shed or lose a covering of fur, feathers or skin etc.

Molting

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To shed or lose a covering of hair or fur, feathers, skin, horns, etc, and replace it with a fresh one.

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 Molting or Moult in your sentence.

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