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What is the main difference between osmosis and diffusion?
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What is the main difference between osmosis and diffusion?

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Osmosis is purely the movement of WATER particles , however diffusion the the movement of just particles
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One big difference between osmosis and diffusion is that both solvent and solute particles are free to move in diffusion, but when we talk about osmosis, only the solvent molecules (water molecules) cross the membrane
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