Differentiate between parasitism and predation

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Differences between Parasitism and predation: Parasitism | Predation -----------|---------- Parasitism is a relationship between two living organism of different species in which one organism called parasite obtains its food directly from another living organism called host.| Predation is an interaction between members of two species in which members of one species capture, kill and eat up members of other species. Example: Tape worm or liver fluke on humans|Example: Tiger preying on deer.

Parasitism	Predation
One organism lives on/in another and harms it	One organism kills and eats another
Parasite benefits, host is harmed	Predator benefits, prey is killed

Biology

Differentiate between parasitism and predation

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