different between parasitism vs commensalism
parasitism
English
Etymology
From parasite +? -ism. Cognate with French parasitisme and Portuguese and Spanish parasitismo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pæ??s(a)??t?zm?/
- Hyphenation: par?a?sit?ism
Noun
parasitism (usually uncountable, plural parasitisms)
- (ecology) Interaction between two organisms, in which one organism (the parasite) benefits and the other (the host) is harmed.
- (figuratively) A similar interaction between people.
- We accused her of parasitism in taking his hard-earned money for new dresses.
Translations
parasitism From the web:
- what parasitism relationship
- parasitism what does it do
- parasitism what does it means
- parasitism what is example
- what is parasitism give an example
- what is parasitism in zoology
- what do parasitism mean
- what is parasitism and predation
commensalism
English
Etymology
commensal +? -ism
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??m?ns??l?zm?/
- Hyphenation: com?men?sal?ism
Noun
commensalism (countable and uncountable, plural commensalisms)
- (ecology) A sharing of the same environment by two organisms where one species benefits and the other is unaffected. An example is barnacles on whales.
- The act of eating together; table fellowship.
Derived terms
- commensalistic
- ectocommensalism
- endocommensalism
Translations
commensalism From the web:
- what commensalism means
- what commensalism example
- commensalism what does it do
- what is commensalism give an example
- what is commensalism symbiosis
- what is commensalism in an ecosystem
- what do commensalism mean
- what is commensalism and mutualism
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