sloughing vs molt

sloughing and molt both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sloughing	Yes	No	No	No
molt	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, molt is a hyponym of sloughing; that is, molt is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than sloughing:

sloughing: the process whereby something is shed
molt: periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles

Other hyponyms of sloughing include abscission, ecdysis, molting, moult, moulting.

sloughing (noun)	molt (noun)
the process whereby something is shed	periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles

sloughing (verb)	molt (verb)
	cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers