Question

What is the difference between osmosis and diffusion??

Answer 1

Osmosis-movement of WATER from a higher concentration to a lower concentration while diffusion is the movement of PARTICLES from a higher concentration to a lower concentration.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Diffusion is a spontaneous movement of particles from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration through a semi-permeable membrane.Diffusion mainly occurs in gaseous state or within gas molecules and liquid molecules.Doesn’t need water for movement.
Osmosis is the spontaneous net movement of water across a semipermeable membrane from a region of low solute concentration to a solution with a high solute concentration, down a solute concentration gradient.It occurs when the medium surrounding the cell has a higher water concentration than the cell.Needs water for movement.

Answer 4

osmosis mostly is for water, diffusion mostly for gases

Answer 5

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