exuviate vs cast off

exuviate and cast off both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
exuviate	No	No	Yes	No
cast off	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, cast off is a hypernym of exuviate; that is, cast off is a word with a broader meaning than exuviate:

Other hypernyms of exuviate include cast, drop, shake off, shed, throw, throw away, throw off.

exuviate (verb)	cast off (verb)
cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers	to remove
	make the last row of stitches when knitting