How Does Predation Differ From Parasitism?

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How Does Predation Differ From Parasitism?

Predation happens between trophic levels while parasitism happens within a trophic level. Parasites are only insects or mites, while predators can be any kind of large animal. Parasites rarely kill their host while predators kill their prey. Predation is + / _ while parasitism is + / 0. (0 stands for no effect.)
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Parasites rarely kill their host while predators kill their prey. Parasites often feed off one host for a prolonged period of time, so killing the host would be not serve the parasite's best interest.

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