>>279773512Trans want others to accept them as literally female. They do not see a difference between sex and gender. Your gender is your sex, not the other way around. What specific efforts you put in to make others see you as female is irrelevant.
Cross dressers want to experience life as the opposite gender but do not care about whether they are seen as a different sex. To themselves, they are male and they are perfectly happy with that. Having others refer to you as female without knowing you are male makes you a trap. Having others refer to you as female while knowing that you are male makes you a princess.
One more important difference: Altering oneโs body with the exception of maybe earrings is completely out of the question.