Mendicant vs Parasite - What's the difference?
mendicant | parasite | Related terms |
Depending on alms for a living.
Of or pertaining to a beggar.
Of or pertaining to a member of a religious order forbidden to own property, and who must beg for a living.
A pauper who lives by begging.
A religious friar, forbidden to own personal property, who begs for a living.
(pejorative) A person who lives on other people's efforts or expense and gives little or nothing back.
(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.
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(literary, poetic) A climbing plant which is supported by a wall, trellis etc.
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Mendicant is a related term of parasite.
As nouns the difference between mendicant and parasite
is that mendicant is a pauper who lives by begging while parasite is (pejorative) a person who lives on other people's efforts or expense and gives little or nothing back.As an adjective mendicant
is depending on alms for a living.mendicant
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(en noun)parasite
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(wikipedia parasite)Noun
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- ''Lice, fleas, ticks and mites are widely spread parasites .
- Her golden tresses shade / The bosom’s stainless pride, / Curling like tendrils of the parasite / Around a marble column.