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Differentiate between.
Commensalism and amensalism

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Commensalism is an association between two different organisms in which one is always benefited but the other is neither benefited nor harmed, whereas amensalism is an association between two different organisms in which one is always harmed, but the other is neither harmed nor benefited.

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