Commensalism is the word derived from the English wordcommensal which means eating at the same table or sharing food generally using of one's waste food as another food or sharing food without any harm to other .
Commensalism is a type of relationship between two plants, animals, mammals or fungus, etc. where one lives with another without damaging the other.
Commensalism may be defined as the practice or situation in nature where two species live close together in association where only one partner gets the benefit and the other is neither helped nor harmed and remain as usual. One of the species gain from increased food supply mainly but the other gets nothing from the relationship