Mitosis and meiosis are both processes of cell division.
In the mitosis cell divition one cell splits in half in order to form 2 new cells identical to the parent cell (each having a full set of the 46 chromosomes tha parent had).
In meiosis there are 2 rounds of cell division and therefore 4 cells are formed. The child cells only receive half of the chromosomes that the parent cell had.
Similarities:
-Both are processes of cell divition, they share several steps of the process (duplication of the DNA, place them on each end of the cell and then division of the cell).
-Also both processes create new cells.
-The parent cell is a diploid cell.
Differences:
-Mitosis involves one cell division while meiosis involves two.
-Mitosis creates 2 daughter cells while meiosis creates 4.
-Mitosis results in diploid daughter cells while meiosis results in haploid daughter cells.
-In mitosis the daughter cells are genetically identical while in meiosis they are different.
-The process of mitosis creates all body cells while meiosis creates only germ cells.