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Question
State one difference in nutrition: Parasite and Saprophyte
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Solution
Parasites are the organisms that live in or on the body of another organism called host, and obtain nourishment from its body whereas saprophyte is an organism that absorbs soluble organic nutrients from dead and decaying organic matter.
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