Question

what is the difference between mitosis and meiosis

Answer 1

meiosis is the process that allows one diploid cell to divide in a special way to generate hapliod cells in eukaryotes.
Mitosis is the process in which a cell seperates its duplicated genome into two identical halves. It's generally followed immediately by cytokinesis which divides cytoplasm and cell membrane, which results in two daughter cells.

Answer 2

Mitosis is simple cell division, ending up with two identical cells, each with both pairs of every gene.

Meiosis is cell division for gametes (sex cells). This is a two step process, and the four cells that remain each have half the normal cells, so that when the gametes fuse at conception, there will be a new organization of DNA, from both parents.