How shall we call the structure (a)?
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We can name it substitutively, i.e. substituting one hydrogen atom in the parent hydride benzene with phenyl group: phenylbenzene. This name, however, does not reflect the obvious symmetry of the molecule.
Similar story with (b) whose substitutive name, cyclopentylidenecyclopentane, is barely pronounceable.