Question

How is assimilation of food different from absorption?

Answer 1

Answer:

The key difference between absorption and assimilation is that absorption is the process of taking the digested simple molecules into bloodstream/lymph from the intestinal villi and microvilli while assimilation is the process of synthesizing new compounds from the absorbed molecules.

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Answer 2

Absorption means absorbing the nutrition from food
Where as assimilation means using the nutritients for various purposes