What is the difference between osmosis and difussion ?
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When people discuss osmosis in biology, it always refers to the movement of water. ... One bigdifference between osmosis and diffusion is that both solvent and solute particles are free to move indiffusion, but when we talk aboutosmosis, only the solvent molecules (water molecules) cross the membrane.
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osmosis: the flow of water or any other solvent from the region of higher concentration to the region of lower concentration througha semi permeable membrane is called osmosis
Diffusion:Diffusion is the net movement of molecules or atoms from a region of high concentration to a region of low concentration as a result of random motion of the molecules or atoms.
Diffusion:Diffusion is the net movement of molecules or atoms from a region of high concentration to a region of low concentration as a result of random motion of the molecules or atoms.
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