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AnswerI think you are referring to physiology, like the kidneys, right? In that case...

Secretion is an active process. In the kidney tubules, somethings, like K+ is secreted from the peritubular capillaries, into tubular cells, and then out into the lumen to mix with the fluid.

Excretion is passive. What is excreted by the kidneys is everything that is not reabsorbed and what is secreted. So that means, after all the re-absorbing and secreting processes of the cells, everything that's left in the tubules is excreted into the urine.

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