Question

What is the difference between parasites and predators?

Answer 1

Predator: A predator is an organism that consumes another organism.

Parasite: A parasite is an organism that lives on another organism and exploits it.

Sl.No	Predators	Parasites
1	They feed on prey in the food chain.	Parasites draw their nutrition from other organisms.
2	Predators make the prey population constant.	Parasites exploit their host.
3	Predators are four types such as herbivore, carnivorous, parasitism, and mutualism.	Parasites are two types such as endoparasite, and ectoparasite.
4	Predators are stronger than prey.	Parasites are weaker than the host.
5	Example: Hawk, Rabbits, tiger.	Example: Protozoan parasites, helminthic parasites, ticks, lice.