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They both follow the concentration gradient i.e. require no energy for the process to occur. Diffusion is the movement of particles from an area of higher concentration to lower concentration. See Brownian motion. Osmosis is the movement of WATER particles across a semi-permeable membrane from an area of higher concentration to the lower concentration in the effort to reduce the solute concentration.
Osmosis is the diffusion of water through a membrane. Diffusion is when particles move from a higher concentration to a lower concentration without the use of any energy. So, in the movie, Osmosis Jones is really a white blood cell (a cell that combats "evil" disease or illness. The the movie would have been titled fine as Osmosis Jones if Osmosis simple diffused from one place to another inside the body. However, that would have been really boring and the studios would have lost their shirts!
Osmosis is a basic process in which concentrated solution diffuses to less concentrated through a membrane. Dialysis is filtering of unwanted chemicals etc from the blood of a diabetic patient employing a similar process.
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Osmosis Jones was created on 2001-08-10.
Diffusion performs this using the principles of Brownian motion. Osmosis and Diffusion are similar but not exactly the same.
Osmosis is the diffusion of water.
osmosis is diffusion through a membrane
Diffusion and osmosis are passive and do not require energy.
Osmosis is the diffusion of water across the cell membrance
By the processes such as diffusion, osmosis and active transport...
osmosis
Facilitated Diffusion
diffusion and osmosis are types of ways to get materials into or out of a cell
There has to be a difference in concentration in order for diffusion and osmosis to occur.
Diffusion, Osmosis
There are three forms of passive transport, or the movement of biochemical and other atomic or molecular substances across the cell membranes. They are: osmosis, simple diffusion or facilitated diffusion, and filtration.