Plasmolysis is when a cell shrinks due to water living. Plasmoptysis is the bursting fourth of protoplasm from a cell, through rupture of the cell wall.

Plasmolysis is the contraction of the protoplast of a plant celldue to water loss. Plasmoptysis on the other hand, is the ruptureof the cell wall which causes the protoplasm t…o burst. ( Full Answer )