Parasite vs Necrotrophic - What's the difference?
parasite | necrotrophic |
(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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(biology) Describing a parasite that kills its host, then feeds on the dead matter.
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.parasite
English
(wikipedia parasite)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=It is likely that the long evolutionary trajectory of Mycoplasma went from a reductive autotroph to oxidative heterotroph to a cell-wall–defective degenerate parasite . This evolutionary trajectory assumes the simplicity to complexity route of biogenesis, a point of view that is not universally accepted.}}
- ''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.