mutuality - a reciprocal relation between interdependent entities (objects or individuals or groups)commensalism - the relation between two different kinds of organisms when one receives benefits from the other without damaging it parasitism - the relation between two different kinds of organisms in which one receives benefits from the other by causing damage to it (usually not fatal damage) mutualism, symbiosis - the relation between two different species of organisms that are interdependent; each gains benefits from the other sharing - having in common; "the sharing of electrons creates molecules" sharing - using or enjoying something jointly with others |