exuviate vs shake off

exuviate and shake off both are verbs.

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

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

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

exuviate (verb)	shake off (verb)
cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers	to remove
	get rid of