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

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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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