organism vs parasite

parasite vs organism

organism and parasite both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
organism	Yes	No	No	No
parasite	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, parasite is a hyponym of organism; that is, parasite is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than organism:

organism: a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently
parasite: an animal or plant that lives in or on a host (another animal or plant); it obtains nourishment from the host without benefiting or killing the host

Other hyponyms of organism include benthos, dwarf, heterotroph, parent, individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul, animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna, flora, plant, plant life, native, recombinant, conspecific, carrier, denizen, amphidiploid, diploid, haploid, heteroploid, polyploid, animalcule, animalculum, micro-organism, microorganism, aerobe, anaerobe, cross, crossbreed, hybrid, polymorph, congenator, congener, congeneric, relative, plankton, nekton, host, commensal, myrmecophile, eucaryote, eukaryote, procaryote, prokaryote, zooid, clon, clone, atavist, throwback, individual, mascot, mutant, mutation, sport, variation, postdiluvian, sitter, stander, utterer, vocaliser, vocalizer, endemic, fungus, nonvascular organism, relict, saprophyte, saprophytic organism, saprobe, katharobe, epilith.

organism (noun)	parasite (noun)
a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently	an animal or plant that lives in or on a host (another animal or plant); it obtains nourishment from the host without benefiting or killing the host
a system considered analogous in structure or function to a living body	a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage

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