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parasite

Eddy vs Parasite - What's the difference?

eddy | parasite |


As a proper noun eddy

is a diminutive of edward, edgar, edwin, or other male given names beginning with ed-.

As a noun parasite is

(pejorative) a person who lives on other people's efforts or expense and gives little or nothing back.

Saprobe vs Parasite - What's the difference?

saprobe | parasite |


As nouns the difference between saprobe and parasite

is that saprobe is an organism that lives off of dead or decaying organic material while parasite is (pejorative) a person who lives on other people's efforts or expense and gives little or nothing back.

Chink vs Parasite - What's the difference?

chink | parasite |


As nouns the difference between chink and parasite

is that chink is (slang|offensive|ethnic slur) refers to a chinese or a person of chinese ethnicity while parasite is (pejorative) a person who lives on other people's efforts or expense and gives little or nothing back.

Parasite vs Foetus - What's the difference?

parasite | foetus |


As nouns the difference between parasite and foetus

is that parasite is a person who lives on other people's efforts or expense and gives little or nothing back while foetus is an alternative spelling of lang=en.

Obligate vs Parasite - What's the difference?

obligate | parasite |


In biology|lang=en terms the difference between obligate and parasite

is that obligate is (biology) able to exist or survive only in a particular environment or by assuming a particular role while parasite is (biology) an organism that lives on or in another organism, deriving benefit from living on or in that other organism, while not contributing towards that other organism sufficiently to cover the cost to that other organism.

As a verb obligate

is (transitive|north america|scottish) to bind, compel, constrain, or oblige by a social, legal, or moral tie.

As an adjective obligate

is (biology) able to exist or survive only in a particular environment or by assuming a particular role.

As a noun parasite is

(pejorative) a person who lives on other people's efforts or expense and gives little or nothing back.

Bee vs Parasite - What's the difference?

bee | parasite |


As nouns the difference between bee and parasite

is that bee is while parasite is (pejorative) a person who lives on other people's efforts or expense and gives little or nothing back.

Sporophyte vs Parasite - What's the difference?

sporophyte | parasite |


As nouns the difference between sporophyte and parasite

is that sporophyte is (botany) a plant (or the diploid phase in its life cycle) which produces spores by meiosis in order to produce gametophytes while parasite is (pejorative) a person who lives on other people's efforts or expense and gives little or nothing back.

Parasite vs Virus - What's the difference?

parasite | virus |


As nouns the difference between parasite and virus

is that parasite is (pejorative) a person who lives on other people's efforts or expense and gives little or nothing back while virus is virus.

Pest vs Parasite - What's the difference?

pest | parasite |


As nouns the difference between pest and parasite

is that pest is a plague, pestilence, epidemic while parasite is a person who lives on other people's efforts or expense and gives little or nothing back.

Endosymbiont vs Parasite - What's the difference?

endosymbiont | parasite |


As nouns the difference between endosymbiont and parasite

is that endosymbiont is an organism that lives within the body or cells of another organism while parasite is a person who lives on other people's efforts or expense and gives little or nothing back.

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