diffusion is the movement of particles form a region of higher concentration to a region of lower concentration. whereas osmosis is the movement of WATER MOLECULES from a region of higher WATER POTENTIAL to a region of lower WATER POTENTIAL through a PARTIALLY PERMEABLE MEMBRANE. :D
Osmosis is the movement of a solvent (water) into a cell where the concentration of a solute is higher, the lower concentration of solute being outside the root cells. Diffusion involves the spreading of a solute from areas of higher concentrations to areas of lower concentration within a solvent.
Osmosis is made possible by a semi-permeable membrane which allows the solvent in, instead of allowing the solute out.
Green Shinobi(the answer above is kind of wrong, so are the others so I am going around pasting my answers one by one):
Diffusion is the movement of substance (anything- solid ,liquid, gas, etc.) from a higher concentration gradient to a lower concentration gradient.
Osmosis is the net movement of water molecules from higher concentration gradient to a lower concentration gradient through a partially permeable membrane
So the difference is that diffusion involves movement of any particles/ substance (e.g. solid, liquid, gas) while osmosis can only occur with water.
Another one is that diffusion can occur with or without a membrane but osmosis can only occur with a membrane.
Hope this helps. :)
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Diffusion is the movement of particles from where they are in high concentration to where they are in low concentration. Osmosis is the movement of water from where it is in high concentration to where it is in low concentration. Basically, osmosis is the diffusion of water specifically.
osmosis is the movement of water across the plasma or cell membrane
The term for the diffusion of water across a semipermeable membrane is osmosis. Osmosis is when the molecules of a solvent move from a less concentrated solution to a more concentrated one. This equalizes the concentrations on each side of the member.
Osmosis is a term applied to the movement of a solution to a zone with solutes.Diffusion is a term applied to a substance moving from a high concentration zone to a low concentration zone.
There has to be a difference in concentration in order for diffusion and osmosis to occur.
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Diffusion is the movement of particles from where they are in high concentration to where they are in low concentration. Osmosis is the movement of water from where it is in high concentration to where it is in low concentration. Basically, osmosis is the diffusion of water specifically.
Diffusion is the process in which particles move from a high concentration area to a low concentration area. Osmosis is the diffusion of water, again to equalise concentrations.
The difference between Diffusion and Osmosis is by the process of them diffusing and the outcome such as an example of a sugar cube... In Diffusion Molecules move from high concentration just Osmosis although in the diffusion process of "Diffusion" it uses Kinetic energy and Concentration Gradient while "Osmosis" does not require cells to expand energy, in result Osmosis uses Passive Transport of Water.
The differences between diffusion and osmosis are really just that osmosis takes place with water and through a membrane. Diffusion is just the spread of molecules from high concentration to low. Osmosis is diffusion of water through a membrane.
diffusion- it is the type of passing of liquid from one part to another. it has semi-permeable membrane to pass the liquid. osmosis-it is the type of passing liquid but it has no membrane.
osmosis is the movement of water across the plasma or cell membrane
Osmosis is related to movement of water where as diffusion is related to movement of gases.
The relationship is that osmosis is the diffusion of water throught a selective permeable membrane.
osmosis refers to the movement of water across a membrane. Diffusion refers to everything else tending towards equal concentration.
Osmosis is the diffusion of water across a membrane, and does not require the input of energy. Active transport requires energy input.