As nouns the difference between biopiracy and bioprospecting

is that biopiracy is the appropriation of indigenous biomedical knowledge, especially by patenting naturally occurring substances while bioprospecting is the methodical search for novel pharmaceutical (and other) products from plants and microorganisms.

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

is that 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 while biotrophic is (biology) describing a parasite that needs its host to stay alive.

As a noun parasite

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

As an adjective biotrophic is

(biology) describing a parasite that needs its host to stay alive.

As a noun host

is autumn (season).

As an adjective biotrophic is

(biology) describing a parasite that needs its host to stay alive.

As adjectives the difference between alive and biotrophic

is that alive is having life, in opposition to dead; living; being in a state in which the organs perform their functions; as, an animal or a plant which is alive while biotrophic is (biology) describing a parasite that needs its host to stay alive.

In biology terms the difference between necrotrophic and biotrophic

is that necrotrophic is describing a parasite that kills its host, then feeds on the dead matter while biotrophic is describing a parasite that needs its host to stay alive.

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

is that 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 while necrotrophic is (biology) describing a parasite that kills its host, then feeds on the dead matter.

As a noun parasite

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

As an adjective necrotrophic is

(biology) describing a parasite that kills its host, then feeds on the dead matter.

As an adjective offshore

is moving away from the shore.

As an adverb offshore

is away from the shore.

As a verb offshore

is to use foreign labour to substitute for local labour.

As a proper noun Aeolis is

an area of Ancient Greece that comprised the west and northwestern region of Asia Minor, mostly along the coast, and also several offshore islands (particularly Lesbos), where the Aeolian Greek city-states were located.

As proper nouns the difference between lesbos and aeolis

is that lesbos is an island of Greece in the north-eastern Aegean Sea while Aeolis is an area of Ancient Greece that comprised the west and northwestern region of Asia Minor, mostly along the coast, and also several offshore islands (particularly Lesbos), where the Aeolian Greek city-states were located.

As a noun lesbos

is plural of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between adipocyte and bacteriocyte

is that adipocyte is (cytology) a type of cell, present in adipose tissue, where fat is stored as a source of energy while bacteriocyte is (biology) a modified adipocyte, in some insects, containing symbiotic bacteria.

As nouns the difference between insect and bacteriocyte

is that insect is an arthropod in the class insecta, characterized by six legs, up to four wings, and a chitinous exoskeleton while bacteriocyte is (biology) a modified adipocyte, in some insects, containing symbiotic bacteria.