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Difference between diffusion and osmosis

Illustrate the difference between diffusion and osmosis?

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Osmosis is the phenomenon of movement of solvent particles, in common water, from an area of lower solute concentration to an area of higher solute concentration. Diffusion, on other hand, is the movement of solutes from an area of higher solute concentration to an area of lower solute concentration.

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