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Active transport and facilitated diffusion

What do active transport and facilitated diffusion have in common? What are the basic differences between them?

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Facilitated diffusion can be perplexed with active transport since in both processes there is a participation of membrane proteins.

In active transport though the transported substance moves against its concentration gradient and with energy spent. The Facilitated diffusion is a passive transport in favor of concentration gradient and it doesn’t need energy.

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