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A "cell wall" is found in plant cells, and a "cell membrane" is generally found in animals.

A "cell wall" is made of cellulose whereas a "cell membrane" is made up of lipids and proteins.

A "cell wall" is completely permeable and a "cell membrane" is partially permeable.

The cell membrane is on both an animal and plant cell, while a cell wall is a stiff 'box' shape enclosing a plant cell.

Analogy

Think of a cell membrane as a plastic bag, filled with clear jelly, with a large blob of modeling clay in it (the clay being the nucleus). This represents an animal cell.

Now add a small box and a few green blobs of clay to the inside of the bag (these are the plant cell's vacuole and chloroplasts). Put the plastic bag and its contents into a large box. This is a plant cell, and the big box is the cell wall.

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