Question

different between respiration and digestion

Answer 1

Digestion is the process of breaking down of large food molecules into simpler nutrients like glucose,amino acids and fatty acids.

Respiration(biochemical definition) is the metabolic process in which the glucose along with oxygen is used to produce energy by various enzyme catalysed biochemical reactions. In general sense,respiration is the production of energy from this simpler nutrients(fatty acid or glucose).

Answer 2

Digestion is a process in which food containing large, insoluble molecule is broken down into a small, water soluble molecule which can be absorbed by the body is called digestion.


The process from releasing energy from food is called respiration.

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